[Penguin Island by Anatole France]@TWC D-Link bookPenguin Island BOOK V 28/93
"We are for order.
It is by an untiring propaganda that we shall best pursue the realisation of our hopes.
We must change the feeling of the country.
Our cause will conquer because it is just." The Prince des Boscenos expressed a contrary opinion.
He thought that, in order to triumph, just causes need force quite as much and even more than unjust causes require it. "In the present situation," said he tranquilly, "three methods of action present themselves: to hire the butcher boys, to corrupt the ministers, and to kidnap President Formose." "It would be a mistake to kidnap Formose," objected M.de La Trumelle. "The President is on our side." The attitude and sentiments of the President of the Republic are explained by the fact that one Dracophil proposed to seize Formose while another Dracophil regarded him as a friend.
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