My intoxication in 1848. Of what sort was that intoxication? Desire
of vengeance. Natural pleasure in demolishing. Literary drunkenness;
memories of reading.
The 15th of May. Ever the desire of destruction. Legitimate desire, if
all that is natural is legitimate.
The horrors of June. Madness of the people and madness of the
bourgeoisie. Natural love of crime.
My fury at the coup d'état. How many gunshots sustained! Another
Buonaparte! What a disgrace!
Still, all is quieted. Has not the President the right to invoke?
What Emperor Napoleon III is? What he is worth?
To find the explanation of his nature, and of his providentially.