Napoleon the Little by Victor Hugo Fiction Action & Adventure Classics Literary

<p><strong><em>The suffrages of the nation and the oath I have just taken command my future conduct. My duty is clearly marked. I will fulfill it as a man of honor. I shall regard as the enemies of the country all who seek to change by illegal means that which all France has established!</em></strong></p><p>When he was done speaking the Constituent Assembly rose and with a single voice the exclamation shouted: Long live the Republic!</p><p>The small man descended from the tribune and went up to General Cavaignac offering him his hand. The general for a few instants hesitated to accept the grasp. All who had just heard the words of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte pronounced in a tone so imbued with good faith blamed the general for his hesitation!</p><p> </p>