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Tweak says, "Got your conk!"

Edward Peregrine (empty_chairs) wrote in doors,
@ 2013-02-08 17:22:00

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Paris is as I left her, I think. They say Rome's the eternal city, but I think Paris might have a claim to the title. She changes completely, and nothing ever really changes. It makes anyone question revolution -- how much can it really achieve when everything remains so much the same? Revolution ought to bring redemption, not greater suffering and poverty. Is there no society that can genuinely sustain the common good? Or are we all doomed to search endlessly for Utopias and find their names fitting -- nowhere.

I am a terrible radical. But an equally terrible law student. At least my German and my English are good (let us not speak of Latin or Greek)? Those are perhaps the most useful skills I possess, sadly. I should find my books and try to apply myself to my studies. The cafés are quiet today. Some wine and bread might ease my mind.

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	anatkh 2013-02-10 06:32 am UTC (link)
	What is the nature of your birth? I do not know if that is an indelicate question. I do not know much in the way of manners. Hopefully, it is not. I only wish to sate my curiosity. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	empty_chairs 2013-02-10 06:35 am UTC (link)
	Bourgeoisie, I suppose. My father served with some distinction in Napoleon's army, and my family had means enough to send me to university. The means are not great, but they are sufficient. So the nature of my birth is fortunate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anatkh 2013-02-10 06:37 am UTC (link)
	I do not know Napoleon. Was he a king? And you say that, even as one with fortunate prospects in life, you do not turn your face away when you see a cripple in the street? A fallen woman? You wish them to stand on equal footing with yourself? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	empty_chairs 2013-02-10 06:40 am UTC (link)
	Emperor of France. Before the king was restored. I do. Because the law should be no respecter of persons. Because no man should starve because of a misfortune of birth, no woman should suffer because of injustices inflicted upon her. We are all made of dust and tears, in the end. But I am a dreamer, and I read too much philosophy as a boy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anatkh 2013-02-10 07:02 am UTC (link)
	It dizzies the mind, all the strange things that have yet to happen. Would that the world were made up of more dreamers such as yourself, many would not be forced to live as they do. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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