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tint. We did not wish to have any political motive attributed to us." Cited in<br />

Raymond Escholier, Victor Hugo raconte par ceux qui rant vu (Paris, 1931),<br />

p. l. 16<br />

1852: <strong>The</strong> reputation of the author of Hernani had passed, by the peculiar con­<br />

duits of bohemerie and utopianism, from the Latin Quarter to the faubourgs of<br />

Paris. <strong>The</strong>n, suddenly, the great metaphorist had had the revelation of the dogma<br />

of the sovereign people . . . . This revelation encompassed, at the same time, the<br />

projects of Michelet and Quinet and many another writer of lesser ability, such as<br />

Considerant." Leon Daudet, La Tragique Existence de Victor Hugo (Paris<br />

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