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Project/NNP Gutenberg/NNP 's/VBZ The/DT Girl/NN with/IN the/DT Golden/JJ Eyes/NNS ,/, by/IN Honore/NNP de/NNP Balzac/NNP
This/DT eBook/NN is/VBZ for/IN the/DT use/NN of/IN anyone/NN anywhere/RB at/IN no/DT cost/NN and/CC with/IN
almost/RB no/DT restrictions/NNS whatsoever/RB ./, You/PRP may/MD copy/VB it/PRP ,/, give/VB it/PRP away/RB or/CC
re-use/VB it/PRP under/IN the/DT terms/NNS of/IN the/DT Project/NNP Gutenberg/NNP License/NN included/VBN
with/IN this/DT eBook/NN or/CC online/RB at/IN www.gutenberg.org/NN
Title/NNP :/: The/DT Girl/NN with/IN the/DT Golden/JJ Eyes/NNS
Author/NN :/: Honore/NNP de/NNP Balzac/NNP
Translator/NNP :/: Ellen/NNP Marriage/NNP
Release/NN Date/NN :/: March/NNP ,/, 1999/CD -LSB-/NNP Etext/NNP #/SYM 1659/CD -RSB-/NNS
Last/JJ Updated/NNS :/: November/NNP 22/CD ,/, 2016/CD
Language/NNP :/: English/NNP
Character/NNP set/NN encoding/NN :/: UTF-8/NNP
***/NFP START/NN OF/IN THIS/DT PROJECT/NNP GUTENBERG/NNP EBOOK/VBD THE/DT GIRL/NN WITH/IN THE/DT GOLDEN/NNP EYES/NNP ***/NFP
Produced/VBN by/IN John/NNP Bickers/NNP ,/, and/CC Dagny/NNP
THE/DT GIRL/NN WITH/IN THE/DT GOLDEN/NNP EYES/NNP
By/IN Honore/NNP De/NNP Balzac/NNP
Translated/VBN by/IN Ellen/NNP Marriage/NNP
PREPARER/NNP 'S/POS NOTE/NN :/: The/DT Girl/NN with/IN the/DT Golden/JJ Eyes/NNS is/VBZ the/DT third/JJ part/NN of/IN a/DT
trilogy/NN ./HYPH Part/NN one/PRP is/VBZ entitled/VBN Ferragus/NNP and/CC part/NN two/CD is/VBZ The/DT Duchesse/NNP de/NNP
Langeais/NNP ./. The/DT three/CD stories/NNS are/VBP frequently/RB combined/VBN under/IN the/DT title/JJ The/DT
Thirteen/NNP ./.
DEDICATION/NNP
To/IN Eugene/NNP Delacroix/NNP ,/, Painter/NNP ./.
THE/DT GIRL/NN WITH/IN THE/DT GOLDEN/NNP EYES/NNP
One/CD of/IN those/DT sights/NNS in/IN which/WDT most/JJS horror/NN is/VBZ to/TO be/VB encountered/VBN is/VBZ ,/.
surely/RB ,/, the/DT general/JJ aspect/NN of/IN the/DT Parisian/JJ populace/NN --/: a/DT people/NNS fearful/JJ
to/TO behold/UH ,/, gaunt/VB ,/, yellow/JJ ,/, tawny/VB ./, Is/VBZ not/RB Paris/NNP a/DT vast/JJ field/NN in/IN perpetual/JJ
turmoil/NN from/IN a/DT storm/NN of/IN interests/NNS beneath/IN which/WDT are/VBP whirled/VBN along/IN a/DT crop/NN
of/IN human/JJ beings/NNS ,/, who/WP are/VBP ,/, more/RBR often/RB than/IN not/RB ,/, reaped/VBN by/IN death/NN ,/, only/RB to/IN
be/VB born/VBN again/RB as/IN pinched/NN as/RB ever/RB ,/, men/NNS whose/WP$ twisted/JJ and/CC contorted/JJ faces/VBZ
give/VB out/RP at/IN every/DT pore/NN the/DT instinct/NN ,/, the/DT desire/NN ,/, the/DT poisons/NNS with/IN
which/WDT their/PRP$ brains/NNS are/VBP pregnant/JJ ;/: not/RB faces/VBZ so/RB much/RB as/IN masks/NNS ;/: masks/NNS of/IN
weakness/NN ,/, masks/NNS of/IN strength/NN ,/, masks/NNS of/IN misery/NN ,/, masks/NNS of/IN joy/NN ,/, masks/NNS of/IN
hypocrisy/NN ;/: all/DT alike/RB worn/VBN and/CC stamped/VBN with/IN the/DT indelible/JJ signs/NNS of/IN
a/DT panting/NN cupidity/RB ?/, What/WP is/VBZ it/PRP they/PRP want/VBP ?/, Gold/NN or/CC pleasure/NN ?/, A/DT few/JJ
observations/NNS upon/IN the/DT soul/NN of/IN Paris/NNP may/MD explain/VB the/DT causes/NNS of/IN its/PRP$
cadaverous/JJ physiognomy/NN ,/, which/WDT has/VBZ but/CC two/CD ages/NNS --/: youth/NN and/CC decay/NN :/: youth/NN ,/,
wan/NNS and/CC colorless/NNS ;/: decay/NN ,/, painted/VBN to/TO seem/VB young/JJ ./, In/IN looking/VBG at/IN
this/DT excavated/VBD people/NNS ,/, foreigners/NNS ,/, who/WP are/VBP not/RB prone/JJ to/IN reflection/NN ,/,
experience/VB at/IN first/RB a/DT movement/NN of/IN disgust/NN towards/IN the/DT capital/NN ,/, that/DT
vast/JJ workshop/NN of/IN delights/NNS ,/, from/IN which/WDT ,/, in/IN a/DT short/JJ time/NN ,/, they/PRP can/MD not/RB even/RB
extricate/VB themselves/PRP ,/, and/CC where/WRB they/PRP stay/VBP willingly/RB to/TO be/VB corrupted/VBN ./. A/NN
few/JJ words/NNS will/MD suffice/VB to/TO justify/VB physiologically/RB the/DT almost/RB infernal/JJ
hue/NN of/IN Parisian/JJ faces/NNS ,/, for/IN it/PRP is/VBZ not/RB in/IN mere/JJ sport/NN that/IN Paris/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN
called/VBD a/DT hell/NNP ./. Take/VB the/DT phrase/NN for/IN truth/NN ./. There/EX all/RB is/VBZ smoke/NN and/CC fire/NN ,/,
everything/NN gleams/NNS ,/, crackles/NNS ,/, flames/NNS ,/, evaporates/VBZ ,/, dies/VBZ out/RP ,/, then/RB lights/VBZ
up/RB again/RB ,/, with/IN shooting/NN sparks/VBZ ,/, and/CC is/VBZ consumed/VBN ./. In/IN no/DT other/JJ country/NN has/VBZ
life/NN ever/RB been/VBN more/RBR ardent/JJ or/CC acute/JJ ./, The/DT social/JJ nature/NN ,/, even/RB in/IN fusion/NN ,/,
seems/VBZ to/TO say/VB after/IN each/DT completed/VBN work/NN :/: ``/`` Pass/VB on/RP to/IN another/DT !/, ''/'' just/RB as/RB
Nature/NNP says/VBZ herself/PRP ./, Like/IN Nature/NNP herself/PRP ,/, this/DT social/JJ nature/NN is/VBZ busied/JJ
with/IN insects/NNS and/CC flowers/NNS of/IN a/DT day/NN --/: ephemeral/JJ trifles/NNS ;/: and/CC so/RB ,/, too/RB ,/,
it/PRP throws/VBZ up/RP fire/NN and/CC flame/NN from/IN its/PRP$ eternal/JJ crater/NN ./, Perhaps/RB ,/, before/IN
analyzing/VBG the/DT causes/NNS which/WDT lend/VBP a/DT special/JJ physiognomy/NN to/IN each/DT tribe/NN of/IN
this/DT intelligent/JJ and/CC mobile/JJ nation/NN ,/, the/DT general/JJ cause/NN should/MD be/VB pointed/VBN
out/RB which/WDT bleaches/VBZ and/CC discolors/VBZ ,/, tints/NNS with/IN blue/JJ or/CC brown/JJ individuals/NNS
in/IN more/JJR or/CC less/JJR degree/NN ./.
By/IN dint/NN of/IN taking/VBG interest/NN in/IN everything/NN ,/, the/DT Parisian/JJ ends/VBZ by/IN being/VBG
interested/VBN in/RP nothing/NN ./. No/DT emotion/NN dominating/VBG his/PRP$ face/NN ,/, which/WDT friction/NN
has/VBZ rubbed/VBN away/RB ,/, it/PRP turns/VBZ gray/JJ like/IN the/DT faces/NNS of/IN those/DT houses/NNS upon/IN which/WDT
all/DT kinds/NNS of/IN dust/NN and/CC smoke/NN have/VBP blown/VBN ./, In/IN effect/NN ,/, the/DT Parisian/JJ ,/, with/IN
his/PRP$ indifference/NN on/IN the/DT day/NN for/IN what/WP the/DT morrow/NN will/MD bring/VB forth/RP ,/.
lives/VBZ like/IN a/DT child/NN ,/, whatever/WDT may/MD be/VB his/PRP$ age/NN ./. He/PRP grumbles/VBZ at/IN everything/NN ,/,
consoles/VBZ himself/PRP for/IN everything/NN ,/, jests/VBZ at/IN everything/NN ,/, forgets/VBZ ,/,
desires/VBZ ,/, and/CC tastes/VBZ everything/NN ,/, seizes/VBZ all/DT with/IN passion/NN ,/, quits/VBZ all/DT with/IN
indifference/NN --/: his/PRP$ kings/NNS ,/, his/PRP$ conquests/NNS ,/, his/PRP$ glory/NN ,/, his/PRP$ idols/NNS of/IN bronze/NN
or/CC glass/NN --/: as/IN he/PRP throws/VBZ away/RP his/PRP$ stockings/NNS ,/, his/PRP$ hats/NNS ,/, and/CC his/PRP$ fortune/NN ./, In/NNP
Paris/NNP no/DT sentiment/NN can/MD withstand/VB the/DT drift/NN of/IN things/NNS ,/, and/CC their/PRP$ current/NN
compels/VBZ a/DT struggle/NN in/IN which/WDT the/DT passions/NNS are/VBP relaxed/JJ :/: there/EX love/VBP is/VBZ
a/DT desire/NN ,/, and/CC hatred/NN a/DT whim/NN ;/: there/EX 's/VBZ no/DT true/JJ kinsman/NN but/IN the/DT
thousand-franc/JJ note/NN ,/, no/DT better/JJR friend/NN than/IN the/DT pawnbroker/NN ./, This/DT
universal/JJ toleration/NN bears/VBZ its/PRP$ fruits/NNS ,/, and/CC in/IN the/DT salon/NN ,/, as/IN in/IN the/DT
street/NN ,/, there/EX is/VBZ no/DT one/NN _/NFP de/NNP trop/VBG _/NFP ,/, there/EX is/VBZ no/RB one/CD absolutely/RB useful/JJ ,/,
or/CC absolutely/RB harmful/JJ --/: knaves/NNS or/CC fools/NNS ,/, men/NNS of/IN wit/NN or/CC integrity/NN ./. There/EX
everything/NN is/VBZ tolerated/VBN :/: the/DT government/NN and/CC the/DT guillotine/NN ,/, religion/NN and/CC
the/DT cholera/NN ./, You/PRP are/VBP always/RB acceptable/JJ to/IN this/DT world/NN ,/, you/PRP will/MD never/RB
be/VB missed/VBN by/IN it/PRP ./, What/WP ,/, then/RB ,/, is/VBZ the/DT dominating/JJ impulse/NN in/IN this/DT country/NN
without/IN morals/NNS ,/, without/IN faith/NN ,/, without/IN any/DT sentiment/NN ,/, wherein/VB ,/, however/RB ,/,
every/DT sentiment/NN ,/, belief/NN ,/, and/CC moral/JJ has/VBZ its/PRP$ origin/NN and/CC end/NN ?/, It/PRP is/VBZ gold/NN
and/CC pleasure/CD ./. Take/VB those/DT two/CD words/NNS for/IN a/DT lantern/NN ,/, and/CC explore/VB that/DT great/JJ
stucco/NN cage/NN ,/, that/DT hive/VB with/IN its/PRP$ black/JJ gutters/NNS ,/, and/CC follow/VB the/DT windings/NNS
of/IN that/DT thought/NN which/WDT agitates/VBZ ,/, sustains/VBZ ,/, and/CC occupies/VBZ it/PRP !/, Consider/VB !/.
And/CC ,/, in/IN the/DT first/JJ place/NN ,/, examine/VB the/DT world/NN which/WDT possesses/VBZ nothing/NN ./.
The/DT artisan/NN ,/, the/DT man/NN of/IN the/DT proletariat/NN ,/, who/WP uses/VBZ his/PRP$ hands/NNS ,/, his/PRP$ tongue/NN ,/.
his/PRP$ back/NN ,/, his/PRP$ right/JJ arm/NN ,/, his/PRP$ five/CD fingers/NNS ,/, to/TO live/VB --/: well/UH ,/, this/DT very/JJ man/NN ,/.
who/WP should/MD be/VB the/DT first/JJ to/TO economize/VB his/PRP$ vital/JJ principle/NN ,/, outruns/VBZ his/PRP$
strength/NN ,/, yokes/VBG his/PRP$ wife/NN to/IN some/DT machine/NN ,/, wears/VBZ out/RP his/PRP$ child/NN ,/, and/CC ties/VBZ
him/PRP to/IN the/DT wheel/NN ./. The/DT manufacturer/NN --/: or/CC I/PRP know/VBP not/RB what/WP secondary/JJ thread/NN
which/WDT sets/VBZ in/IN motion/NN all/PDT these/DT folk/NN who/WP with/IN their/PRP$ foul/JJ hands/NNS mould/VBZ
and/CC gild/VB porcelain/NN ,/, sew/VB coats/NNS and/CC dresses/NNS ,/, beat/VB out/RP iron/NN ,/, turn/VB wood/NN and/CC
steel/NN ,/, weave/NN hemp/NN ,/, festoon/NN crystal/NN ,/, imitate/VBP flowers/NNS ,/, work/VB woolen/JJ things/NNS ,/,
break/VB in/IN horses/NNS ,/, dress/VB harness/NN ,/, carve/VB in/IN copper/NN ,/, paint/VB carriages/NNS ,/, blow/VB
glass/NN ,/, corrode/VB the/DT diamond/NN ,/, polish/VB metals/NNS ,/, turn/VB marble/NN into/IN leaves/NNS ,/.
labor/NN on/IN pebbles/NNS ,/, deck/NN out/IN thought/NN ,/, tinge/NN ,/, bleach/NN ,/, or/CC blacken/NN
everything/NN --/: well/RB ,/, this/DT middleman/NN has/VBZ come/VBN to/IN that/DT world/NN of/IN sweat/NN and/CC
good-will/JJ ,/, of/IN study/NN and/CC patience/NN ,/, with/IN promises/NNS of/IN lavish/JJ wages/NNS ,/, either/RB
in/IN the/DT name/NN of/IN the/DT town/NN 's/POS caprices/NNS or/CC with/IN the/DT voice/NN of/IN the/DT monster/NN
dubbed/VBN speculation/NN ./, Thus/RB ,/, these/DT _/NFP quadrumanes/NN _/NFP set/VBD themselves/PRP to/TO watch/VB ,/,
work/VB ,/, and/CC suffer/VB ,/, to/TO fast/VB ,/, sweat/VB ,/, and/CC bestir/VB them/PRP ./, Then/RB ,/, careless/JJ of/IN the/DT
future/JJ ,/, greedy/JJ of/IN pleasure/NN ,/, counting/VBG on/IN their/PRP$ right/JJ arm/NN as/IN the/DT painter/NN
on/IN his/PRP$ palette/NN ,/, lords/NNS for/IN one/CD day/NN ,/, they/PRP throw/VBP their/PRP$ money/NN on/IN Mondays/NNPS
to/IN the/DT _/VBG cabarets/NNS _/NFP which/WDT gird/VBD the/DT town/NN like/IN a/DT belt/NN of/IN mud/NN ,/, haunts/NNS of/IN the/DT
most/RBS shameless/JJ of/IN the/DT daughters/NNS of/IN Venus/NNP ,/, in/IN which/WDT the/DT periodical/NN money/NN
of/IN this/DT people/NNS ,/, as/RB ferocious/JJ in/IN their/PRP$ pleasures/NNS as/IN they/PRP are/VBP calm/JJ at/IN
work/NN ,/, is/VBZ squandered/VBN as/IN it/PRP had/VBD been/VBN at/IN play/NN ./. For/IN five/CD days/NNS ,/, then/RB ,/, there/RB
is/VBZ no/DT repose/NN for/IN this/DT laborious/JJ portion/NN of/IN Paris/NNP !/, It/PRP is/VBZ given/VBN up/RP to/IN
actions/NNS which/WDT make/VBP it/PRP warped/JJ and/CC rough/JJ ,/, lean/JJ and/CC pale/JJ ,/, gush/VBP forth/RP with/IN a/DT
thousand/CD fits/VBZ of/IN creative/JJ energy/NN ./, And/CC then/RB its/PRP$ pleasure/NN ,/, its/PRP$ repose/NN ,/.
are/VBP an/DT exhausting/JJ debauch/NN ,/, swarthy/RB and/CC black/JJ with/IN blows/NNS ,/, white/JJ with/IN
intoxication/VBG ,/, or/CC yellow/JJ with/IN indigestion/NN ./, It/PRP lasts/VBZ but/CC two/CD days/NNS ,/, but/CC it/PRP
steals/VBZ to-morrow/NNP 's/POS bread/NN ,/, the/DT week/NN 's/POS soup/NN ,/, the/DT wife/NN 's/POS dress/NN ,/, the/DT child/NN 's/POS
wretched/JJ rags/NNS ./, Men/NNS ,/, born/VBN doubtless/RB to/TO be/VB beautiful/JJ --/: for/IN all/DT creatures/NNS
have/VB a/DT relative/JJ beauty/NN --/: are/VBP enrolled/VBN from/IN their/PRP$ childhood/NN beneath/IN the/DT
yoke/NN of/IN force/NN ,/, beneath/IN the/DT rule/NN of/IN the/DT hammer/NN ,/, the/DT chisel/NN ,/, the/DT loom/NN ,/, and/CC
have/VBP been/VBN promptly/RB vulcanized/VBN ./. Is/VBZ not/RB Vulcan/JJ ,/, with/IN his/PRP$ hideousness/NNS and/CC
his/PRP$ strength/NN ,/, the/DT emblem/NN of/IN this/DT strong/JJ and/CC hideous/JJ nation/NN --/: sublime/JJ
in/IN its/PRP$ mechanical/JJ intelligence/NN ,/, patient/JJ in/IN its/PRP$ season/NN ,/, and/CC once/RB in/IN a/DT
century/NN terrible/JJ ,/, inflammable/JJ as/IN gunpowder/NN ,/, and/CC ripe/JJ with/IN brandy/NN for/IN
the/DT madness/NN of/IN revolution/NN ,/, with/IN wits/NNS enough/RB ,/, in/IN fine/JJ ,/, to/TO take/VB fire/NN at/IN
a/DT captious/JJ word/NN ,/, which/WDT signifies/VBZ to/IN it/PRP always/RB :/: Gold/NN and/CC Pleasure/NN !/, If/PRP
we/PRP comprise/VBP in/IN it/PRP all/PDT those/DT who/WP hold/VBP out/RP their/PRP$ hands/NNS for/IN an/DT alms/NNS ,/, for/IN
lawful/JJ wages/NNS ,/, or/CC the/DT five/CD francs/NNS that/WDT are/VBP granted/VBN to/IN every/DT kind/NN of/IN
Parisian/JJ prostitution/NN ,/, in/IN short/JJ ,/, for/IN all/PDT the/DT money/NN well/RB or/CC ill/JJ earned/VBD ,/,
this/DT people/NNS numbers/NNS three/CD hundred/CD thousand/CD individuals/NNS ./NFP Were/VBD it/PRP not/RB for/IN
the/IN _/NFP cabarets/NN _/NFP ,/, would/MD not/RB the/DT Government/NN be/VB overturned/VBN every/DT Tuesday/NNP ?/.
Happily/RB ,/, by/IN Tuesday/NNP ,/, this/DT people/NNS is/VBZ glutted/VBN ,/, sleeps/VBZ off/RP its/PRP$ pleasure/NN ,/, is/VBZ
penniless/JJ ,/, and/CC returns/NNS to/IN its/PRP$ labor/NN ,/, to/IN dry/JJ bread/NN ,/, stimulated/VBN by/IN a/DT need/NN
of/IN material/NN procreation/NN ,/, which/WDT has/VBZ become/VBN a/DT habit/NN to/IN it/PRP ./, None/NN the/DT
less/RBR ,/, this/DT people/NNS has/VBZ its/PRP$ phenomenal/JJ virtues/NNS ,/, its/PRP$ complete/JJ men/NNS ,/, unknown/JJ
Napoleons/NNS ,/, who/WP are/VBP the/DT type/NN of/IN its/PRP$ strength/NN carried/VBN to/IN its/PRP$ highest/JJS
expression/NN ,/, and/CC sum/NN up/IN its/PRP$ social/JJ capacity/NN in/IN an/DT existence/NN wherein/NN
thought/NN and/CC movement/NN combine/VBP less/JJR to/TO bring/VB joy/NN into/IN it/PRP than/IN to/TO
neutralize/VB the/DT action/NN of/IN sorrow/NN ./.
Chance/NNP has/VBZ made/VBN an/DT artisan/NN economical/JJ ,/, chance/NN has/VBZ favored/VBN him/PRP with/IN
forethought/NN ,/, he/PRP has/VBZ been/VBN able/JJ to/TO look/VB forward/RB ,/, has/VBZ met/VBN with/IN a/DT wife/NN and/CC
found/VBD himself/PRP a/DT father/NN ,/, and/CC ,/, after/IN some/DT years/NNS of/IN hard/JJ privation/NN ,/, he/PRP
embarks/NNS in/IN some/DT little/JJ draper/NN 's/POS business/NN ,/, hires/VBZ a/DT shop/NN ./. If/IN neither/RB
sickness/NN nor/CC vice/NN blocks/NNS his/PRP$ way/NN --/: if/IN he/PRP has/VBZ prospered/VBN --/, there/EX is/VBZ the/DT
sketch/VB of/IN this/DT normal/JJ life/NN ./.
And/CC ,/, in/IN the/DT first/JJ place/NN ,/, hail/VB to/IN that/DT king/NN of/IN Parisian/JJ activity/NN ,/, to/IN whom/WP
time/NN and/CC space/NN give/VBP way/NN ./, Yes/UH ,/, hail/VB to/IN that/DT being/NN ,/, composed/VBN of/IN saltpetre/NN
and/CC gas/NN ,/, who/WP makes/VBZ children/NNS for/IN France/NNP during/IN his/PRP$ laborious/JJ nights/NNS ,/,
and/CC in/RB the/DT day/NN multiplies/VBZ his/PRP$ personality/NN for/IN the/DT service/NN ,/, glory/NN ,/,
and/CC pleasure/NN of/IN his/PRP$ fellow-citizens/NNS ./, This/DT man/NN solves/VBZ the/DT problem/NN
of/IN sufficing/NN at/IN once/RB to/IN his/PRP$ amiable/JJ wife/NN ,/, to/IN his/PRP$ hearth/NN ,/, to/IN the/DT
_/NFP Constitutionnel/NN _/NFP ,/, to/IN his/PRP$ office/NN ,/, to/IN the/DT National/NNP Guard/NNP ,/, to/IN the/DT opera/NN ,/,
and/CC to/IN God/NNP ;/: but/RB ,/, only/RB in/RB order/VBP that/IN the/DT _/NNP Constitutionnel/NNP _/NFP ,/, his/PRP$ office/NN ,/,
the/DT National/NNP Guard/NNP ,/, the/DT opera/NN ,/, his/PRP$ wife/NN ,/, and/CC God/NNP may/MD be/VB changed/VBN into/IN
coin/NN ./, In/IN fine/JJ ,/, hail/VBP to/IN an/DT irreproachable/JJ pluralist/NN ./, Up/IN every/DT day/NN at/IN five/CD
o'clock/NN ,/, he/PRP traverses/VBZ like/IN a/DT bird/NN the/DT space/NN which/WDT separates/VBZ his/PRP$ dwelling/NN
from/IN the/DT Rue/NNP Montmartre/NNP ./, Let/VB it/PRP blow/VB or/CC thunder/VB ,/, rain/NN or/CC snow/NN ,/, he/PRP is/VBZ at/IN
the/DT _/NNP Constitutionnel/NNP _/VBZ ,/, and/CC waits/VBZ there/RB for/IN the/DT load/NN of/IN newspapers/NNS which/WDT
he/PRP has/VBZ undertaken/VBN to/TO distribute/VB ./. He/PRP receives/VBZ this/DT political/JJ bread/NN with/IN
eagerness/NN ,/, takes/VBZ it/PRP ,/, bears/VBZ it/PRP away/RB ./, At/IN nine/CD o'clock/NN he/PRP is/VBZ in/IN the/DT bosom/NN
of/IN his/PRP$ family/NN ,/, flings/VBG a/DT jest/NN to/IN his/PRP$ wife/NN ,/, snatches/VBD a/DT loud/JJ kiss/NN from/IN her/PRP ,/,
gulps/VBZ down/RP a/DT cup/NN of/IN coffee/NN ,/, or/CC scolds/VBZ his/PRP$ children/NNS ./, At/IN a/DT quarter/NN to/IN ten/CD
he/PRP puts/VBZ in/IN an/DT appearance/NN at/IN the/DT _/NNP Mairie/NNP _/NNP ./. There/RB ,/, stuck/VBN upon/IN a/DT stool/NN ,/,
like/IN a/DT parrot/NN on/IN its/PRP$ perch/NN ,/, warmed/VBN by/IN Paris/NNP town/NN ,/, he/PRP registers/VBZ until/IN
four/CD o'clock/NN ,/, with/IN never/RB a/DT tear/NN or/CC a/DT smile/NN ,/, the/DT deaths/NNS and/CC births/NNS of/IN an/DT
entire/JJ district/NN ./. The/DT sorrow/NN ,/, the/DT happiness/NN ,/, of/IN the/DT parish/NN flow/NN beneath/NNP
his/PRP$ pen/NN --/: as/RB the/DT essence/NN of/IN the/DT _/NNP Constitutionnel/NNP _/NFP traveled/VBN before/RB upon/IN
his/PRP$ shoulders/NNS ./, Nothing/NN weighs/VBZ upon/IN him/PRP !/. He/PRP goes/VBZ always/RB straight/RB before/RB
him/PRP ,/, takes/VBZ his/PRP$ patriotism/NN ready/JJ made/VBN from/IN the/DT newspaper/NN ,/, contradicts/VBZ no/UH
one/CD ,/, shouts/VBZ or/CC applauds/VBZ with/IN the/DT world/NN ,/, and/CC lives/VBZ like/IN a/DT bird/NN ./, Two/CD yards/NNS
from/IN his/PRP$ parish/NN ,/, in/IN the/DT event/NN of/IN an/DT important/JJ ceremony/NN ,/, he/PRP can/MD yield/VB
his/PRP$ place/VB to/IN an/DT assistant/NN ,/, and/CC betake/VB himself/PRP to/TO chant/VB a/DT requiem/NN from/IN
a/DT stall/NN in/IN the/DT church/NN of/IN which/WDT on/IN Sundays/NNP he/PRP is/VBZ the/DT fairest/JJ ornament/NN ,/.
where/WRB his/PRP$ is/VBZ the/DT most/RBS imposing/JJ voice/NN ,/, where/WRB he/PRP distorts/VBZ his/PRP$ huge/JJ mouth/NN
with/IN energy/NN to/IN thunder/NN out/IN a/DT joyous/JJ _/NFP Amen/NN _/NFP ./. So/RB is/VBZ he/PRP chorister/JJ ./, At/IN four/CD
o'clock/NN ,/, freed/VBN from/IN his/PRP$ official/JJ servitude/NN ,/, he/PRP reappears/VBZ to/TO shed/VB joy/NN and/CC
gaiety/RB upon/IN the/DT most/RBS famous/JJ shop/NN in/IN the/DT city/NN ./, Happy/NNP is/VBZ his/PRP$ wife/NN ,/, he/PRP has/VBZ
no/DT time/NN to/TO be/VB jealous/JJ :/: he/PRP is/VBZ a/DT man/NN of/IN action/NN rather/RB than/IN of/IN sentiment/NN ./.
His/PRP$ mere/JJ arrival/NN spurs/VBZ the/DT young/JJ ladies/NNS at/IN the/DT counter/NN ;/: their/PRP$ bright/NN
eyes/NNS storm/VB the/DT customers/NNS ;/: he/PRP expands/VBZ in/IN the/DT midst/NN of/IN all/PDT the/DT finery/NN ,/, the/DT
lace/VB and/CC muslin/VB kerchiefs/NNS ,/, that/IN their/PRP$ cunning/JJ hands/NNS have/VBP wrought/VBN ./, Or/UH ,/,
again/RB ,/, more/RBR often/RB still/RB ,/, before/IN his/PRP$ dinner/NN he/PRP waits/VBZ on/IN a/DT client/NN ,/, copies/NNS
the/DT page/NN of/IN a/DT newspaper/NN ,/, or/CC carries/NNP to/IN the/DT doorkeeper/NN some/DT goods/NNS that/DT
have/VBP been/VBN delayed/VBN ./, Every/DT other/JJ day/NN ,/, at/IN six/CD ,/, he/PRP is/VBZ faithful/JJ to/IN his/PRP$
post/VB ./, A/DT permanent/JJ bass/NN for/IN the/DT chorus/NN ,/, he/PRP betakes/VBZ himself/PRP to/IN the/DT opera/NN ,/,
prepared/VBD to/TO become/VB a/DT soldier/NN or/CC an/DT arab/JJ ,/, prisoner/NN ,/, savage/NN ,/, peasant/NN ,/,
spirit/NN ,/, camel/NN 's/POS leg/NN or/CC lion/NN ,/, a/DT devil/NN or/CC a/DT genie/NN ,/, a/DT slave/NN or/CC a/DT
eunuch/NN ,/, black/JJ or/CC white/JJ ;/, always/RB ready/JJ to/TO feign/VB joy/NN or/CC sorrow/NN ,/, pity/NN or/CC
astonishment/NN ,/, to/TO utter/VB cries/NNS that/WDT never/RB vary/VBP ,/, to/TO hold/VB his/PRP$ tongue/NN ,/, to/IN
hunt/VB ,/, or/CC fight/VB for/IN Rome/NNP or/CC Egypt/NNP ,/, but/CC always/RB at/IN heart/NN --/: a/DT huckster/NN still/RB ./.
At/IN midnight/NN he/PRP returns/VBZ --/: a/DT man/NN ,/, the/DT good/JJ husband/NN ,/, the/DT tender/JJ father/NN ;/.
he/PRP slips/VBZ into/IN the/DT conjugal/JJ bed/NN ,/, his/PRP$ imagination/NN still/RB afire/RB with/IN the/DT
illusive/JJ forms/NNS of/IN the/DT operatic/JJ nymphs/VBZ ,/, and/CC so/RB turns/VBZ to/IN the/DT profit/NN
of/IN conjugal/NNP love/VBP the/DT world/NN 's/POS depravities/NNS ,/, the/DT voluptuous/JJ curves/NNS of/RB
Taglioni/NNP 's/VBZ leg/NN ./. And/CC finally/RB ,/, if/IN he/PRP sleeps/VBZ ,/, he/PRP sleeps/VBZ apace/NN ,/, and/CC hurries/VBZ
through/IN his/PRP$ slumber/NN as/IN he/PRP does/VBZ his/PRP$ life/NN ./.
This/DT man/NN sums/VBZ up/RP all/DT things/NNS --/: history/NN ,/, literature/NN ,/, politics/NN ,/, government/NN ,/,
religion/NN ,/, military/NN science/NN ./, Is/VBZ he/PRP not/RB a/DT living/VBG encyclopaedia/NN ,/, a/FW
grotesque/NNP Atlas/NNP ;/: ceaselessly/VBG in/IN motion/NN ,/, like/IN Paris/NNP itself/PRP ,/, and/CC knowing/VBG
not/RB repose/VB ?/. He/PRP is/VBZ all/DT legs/NNS ./. No/DT physiognomy/NN could/MD preserve/VB its/PRP$ purity/NN
amid/IN such/JJ toils/NNS ./, Perhaps/RB the/DT artisan/NN who/WP dies/VBZ at/IN thirty/CD ,/, an/DT old/JJ man/NN ,/, his/PRP$
stomach/NN tanned/NNS by/IN repeated/VBN doses/NNS of/IN brandy/NN ,/, will/MD be/VB held/VBN ,/, according/VBG to/IN
certain/JJ leisured/JJ philosophers/NNS ,/, to/TO be/VB happier/JJR than/IN the/DT huckster/NN is/VBZ ./.
The/DT one/CD perishes/NNS in/IN a/DT breath/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT other/JJ by/IN degrees/NNS ./. From/IN his/PRP$ eight/CD
industries/NNS ,/, from/IN the/DT labor/NN of/IN his/PRP$ shoulders/NNS ,/, his/PRP$ throat/NN ,/, his/PRP$ hands/NNS ,/,
from/IN his/PRP$ wife/NN and/CC his/PRP$ business/NN ,/, the/DT one/NN derives/VBZ --/: as/IN from/IN so/RB many/JJ
farms/NNS --/: children/NNS ,/, some/DT thousands/NNS of/IN francs/NNS ,/, and/CC the/DT most/JJS laborious/NNS
happiness/NN that/WDT has/VBZ ever/RB diverted/VBN the/DT heart/NN of/IN man/UH ./. This/DT fortune/NN and/CC
these/DT children/NNS ,/, or/CC the/DT children/NNS who/WP sum/VB up/RP everything/NN for/IN him/PRP ,/, become/VBP
the/DT prey/NN of/IN the/DT world/NN above/RB ,/, to/TO which/WDT he/PRP brings/VBZ his/PRP$ ducats/NNS and/CC his/PRP$
daughter/NN or/CC his/PRP$ son/NN ,/, reared/VBN at/IN college/NN ,/, who/WP ,/, with/IN more/JJR education/NN than/IN
his/PRP$ father/NN ,/, raises/VBZ higher/RBR his/PRP$ ambitious/JJ gaze/NN ./, Often/RB the/DT son/NN of/IN a/DT retail/NN
tradesman/NN would/MD fain/VB be/VB something/NN in/IN the/DT State/NNP ./.
Ambition/NNP of/IN that/DT sort/NN carries/VBZ on/IN our/PRP$ thought/NN to/IN the/DT second/JJ Parisian/JJ
sphere/NN ./, Go/VB up/RP one/CD story/NN ,/, then/RB ,/, and/CC descend/VB to/IN the/DT _/NFP entresol/NN _/NFP :/: or/CC climb/VB
down/RB from/IN the/DT attic/NN and/CC remain/VB on/IN the/DT fourth/JJ floor/NN ;/, in/IN fine/JJ ,/, penetrate/VB
into/IN the/DT world/NN which/WDT has/VBZ possessions/NNS :/: the/DT same/JJ result/NN !/NFP Wholesale/VBG
merchants/NNS ,/, and/CC their/PRP$ men/NNS --/: people/NNS with/IN small/JJ banking/NN accounts/NNS and/CC much/RB
integrity/NN --/: rogues/NNS and/CC catspaws/NNS ,/, clerks/NNS old/JJ and/CC young/JJ ,/, sheriffs/NNS '/POS clerks/NNS ,/,
barristers/NNS '/POS clerks/NNS ,/, solicitors/NNS '/POS clerks/NNS ;/: in/IN fine/NN ,/, all/PDT the/DT working/NN ,/,
thinking/VBG ,/, and/CC speculating/VBG members/NNS of/IN that/DT lower/JJR middle/JJ class/NN which/WDT
honeycombs/VBZ the/DT interests/NNS of/IN Paris/NNP and/CC watches/VBZ over/IN its/PRP$ granary/NN ,/,
accumulates/VBZ the/DT coin/NN ,/, stores/NNS the/DT products/NNS that/IN the/DT proletariat/NN have/VBP
made/VBN ,/, preserves/VBZ the/DT fruits/NNS of/IN the/DT South/NNP ,/, the/DT fishes/NNS ,/, the/DT wine/NN from/IN every/DT
sun-favored/JJ hill/NN ;/, which/WDT stretches/VBZ its/PRP$ hands/NNS over/IN the/DT Orient/NNP ,/, and/CC takes/VBZ
from/IN it/PRP the/DT shawls/VBZ that/IN the/DT Russ/NNP and/CC the/DT Turk/NNP despise/VBP ;/: which/WDT harvests/VBZ
even/RB from/IN the/DT Indies/NNP ;/, crouches/VBZ down/RP in/IN expectation/NN of/IN a/DT sale/NN ,/, greedy/JJ
of/IN profit/NN ;/: which/WDT discounts/VBZ bills/NNS ,/, turns/VBZ over/RP and/CC collects/VBZ all/DT kinds/NNS of/IN
securities/NNS ,/, holds/VBZ all/DT Paris/NNP in/IN its/PRP$ hand/NN ,/, watches/VBZ over/IN the/DT fantasies/NNS
of/IN children/NNS ,/, spies/VBZ out/RP the/DT caprices/NNS and/CC the/DT vices/NNS of/IN mature/JJ age/NN ,/,
sucks/VBZ money/NN out/IN of/IN disease/NN ./. Even/RB so/RB ,/, if/IN they/PRP drink/VBP no/DT brandy/NN ,/, like/IN the/DT
artisan/VB ,/, nor/CC wallow/VB in/IN the/DT mire/NN of/IN debauch/NN ,/, all/RB equally/RB abuse/VB their/PRP$
strength/NN ,/, immeasurably/JJ strain/NN their/PRP$ bodies/NNS and/CC their/PRP$ minds/NNS alike/RB ,/, are/VBP
burned/VBN away/RP with/IN desires/NNS ,/, devastated/VBN with/IN the/DT swiftness/NNS of/IN the/DT pace/NN ./, In/IN
their/PRP$ case/NN the/DT physical/JJ distortion/NN is/VBZ accomplished/VBN beneath/IN the/DT whip/NN of/IN
interests/NNS ,/, beneath/IN the/DT scourge/NN of/IN ambitions/NNS which/WDT torture/VBP the/DT educated/JJ
portion/NN of/IN this/DT monstrous/JJ city/NN ,/, just/RB as/IN in/IN the/DT case/NN of/IN the/DT proletariat/NN
it/PRP is/VBZ brought/VBN about/IN by/IN the/DT cruel/JJ see-saw/NN of/IN the/DT material/JJ elaborations/NNS
perpetually/RB required/VBN from/IN the/DT despotism/NN of/IN the/DT aristocratic/JJ ``/`` _/NN I/PRP will/MD _/VB ./. ''/''
Here/RB ,/, too/RB ,/, then/RB ,/, in/IN order/NN to/TO obey/VB that/DT universal/JJ master/NN ,/, pleasure/VBP or/CC
gold/NN ,/, they/PRP must/MD devour/VB time/NN ,/, hasten/VB time/NN ,/, find/VB more/JJR than/IN four-and-twenty/CD
hours/NNS in/IN the/DT day/NN and/CC night/NN ,/, waste/NN themselves/PRP ,/, slay/NN themselves/PRP ,/, and/CC
purchase/VB two/CD years/NNS of/IN unhealthy/JJ repose/NN with/IN thirty/CD years/NNS of/IN old/JJ age/NN ./.
Only/RB ,/, the/DT working-man/NN dies/VBZ in/IN hospital/NN when/WRB the/DT last/JJ term/NN of/IN his/PRP$ stunted/VBN
growth/NN expires/VBZ ;/, whereas/IN the/DT man/NN of/IN the/DT middle/JJ class/NN is/VBZ set/VBN upon/IN living/NN ,/,
and/CC lives/VBZ on/IN ,/, but/CC in/IN a/DT state/NN of/IN idiocy/NN ./. You/PRP will/MD meet/VB him/PRP ,/, with/IN his/PRP$
worn/JJ ,/, flat/RB old/JJ face/NN ,/, with/IN no/DT light/NN in/IN his/PRP$ eyes/NNS ,/, with/IN no/DT strength/NN in/IN his/PRP$
limbs/NNS ,/, dragging/VBG himself/PRP with/IN a/DT dazed/JJ air/NN along/IN the/DT boulevard/NN --/: the/DT belt/NN
of/IN his/PRP$ Venus/NNP ,/, of/IN his/PRP$ beloved/JJ city/NN ./, What/WP was/VBD his/PRP$ want/NN ?/, The/DT sabre/NN of/IN the/DT
National/NNP Guard/NNP ,/, a/DT permanent/JJ stock-pot/NN ,/, a/DT decent/JJ plot/NN in/IN Pere/NNP Lachaise/NNP ,/,
and/CC ,/, for/IN his/PRP$ old/JJ age/NN ,/, a/DT little/JJ gold/NN honestly/RB earned/VBD ./. _/NFP HIS/NN _/NFP Monday/NNP is/VBZ on/IN
Sunday/NNP ,/, his/PRP$ rest/NN a/DT drive/NN in/IN a/DT hired/VBN carriage/NN --/: a/DT country/NN excursion/VBN during/IN
which/WDT his/PRP$ wife/NN and/CC children/NNS glut/VB themselves/PRP merrily/RB with/IN dust/NN or/CC bask/VB
in/IN the/DT sun/NN ;/: his/PRP$ dissipation/NN is/VBZ at/IN the/DT restaurateur/NN 's/POS ,/, whose/WP$ poisonous/NN
dinner/NN has/VBZ won/VBN renown/NN ,/, or/CC at/IN some/DT family/NN ball/NN ,/, where/WRB he/PRP suffocates/VBZ till/IN
midnight/UH ./. Some/DT fools/NNS are/VBP surprised/JJ at/IN the/DT phantasmagoria/NN of/IN the/DT monads/NNS
which/WDT they/PRP see/VBP with/IN the/DT aid/NN of/IN the/DT microscope/NN in/IN a/DT drop/NN of/IN water/NN ;/.
but/CC what/WP would/MD Rabelais/NNP '/POS Gargantua/NNP ,/. --/NFP that/RB misunderstood/VBN figure/VB of/IN
an/DT audacity/NN so/RB sublime/JJ ,/, --/, what/WP would/MD that/IN giant/NN say/VBP ,/, fallen/VBN from/IN the/DT
celestial/JJ spheres/NNS ,/, if/IN he/PRP amused/VBN himself/PRP by/IN contemplating/VBG the/DT motions/NNS of/IN
this/DT secondary/JJ life/NN of/IN Paris/NNP ,/, of/IN which/WDT here/RB is/VBZ one/CD of/IN the/DT formulae/NN ?/, Have/VBP
you/PRP seen/VBN one/CD of/IN those/DT little/JJ constructions/NNS --/: cold/JJ in/IN summer/NN ,/, and/CC with/IN
no/DT other/JJ warmth/NN than/IN a/DT small/JJ stove/NN in/IN winter/NN --/: placed/VBN beneath/IN the/DT vast/JJ
copper/NN dome/NN which/WDT crowns/VBZ the/DT Halle-auble/NN ?/, Madame/NNP is/VBZ there/RB by/IN morning/NN ./.
She/PRP is/VBZ engaged/VBN at/IN the/DT markets/NNS ,/, and/CC makes/VBZ by/IN this/DT occupation/NN twelve/CD
thousand/CD francs/NNS a/DT year/NN ,/, people/NNS say/VBP ./, Monsieur/NNP ,/, when/WRB Madame/NNP is/VBZ up/RB ,/, passes/VBZ
into/IN a/DT gloomy/JJ office/NN ,/, where/WRB he/PRP lends/VBZ money/NN till/IN the/DT week-end/JJ to/IN the/DT
tradesmen/NN of/IN his/PRP$ district/NN ./, By/IN nine/CD o'clock/NN he/PRP is/VBZ at/IN the/DT passport/NN office/NN ,/,
of/IN which/WDT he/PRP is/VBZ one/CD of/IN the/DT minor/JJ officials/NNS ./. By/IN evening/NN he/PRP is/VBZ at/IN the/DT
box-office/RB of/IN the/DT Theatre/NNP Italien/NNP ,/, or/CC of/IN any/DT other/JJ theatre/NN you/PRP like/VBP ./, The/NNP
children/NNS are/VBP put/VBN out/RP to/TO nurse/VB ,/, and/CC only/RB return/VB to/TO be/VB sent/VBN to/IN college/NN or/CC
to/IN boarding-school/NNP ./, Monsieur/NNP and/CC Madame/NNP live/VB on/IN the/DT third/JJ floor/NN ,/, have/VB
but/CC one/CD cook/NN ,/, give/VBP dances/NNS in/IN a/DT salon/NN twelve/CD foot/NN by/IN eight/CD ,/, lit/VBD by/IN
argand/VBN lamps/NNS ;/, but/CC they/PRP give/VBP a/DT hundred/CD and/CC fifty/CD thousand/CD francs/NNS to/IN their/PRP$
daughter/NN ,/, and/CC retire/VB at/IN the/DT age/NN of/IN fifty/CD ,/, an/DT age/NN when/WRB they/PRP begin/VBP to/TO show/VB
themselves/PRP on/IN the/DT balcony/NN of/IN the/DT opera/NN ,/, in/FW a/FW _/NFP fiacre/NN _/NFP at/IN Longchamps/NNP ;/, or/CC ,/,
on/IN sunny/JJ days/NNS ,/, in/RB faded/VBD clothes/NNS on/IN the/DT boulevards/NNS --/: the/DT fruit/NN of/IN all/DT this/DT
sowing/VBG ./. Respected/VBN by/IN their/PRP$ neighbors/NNS ,/, in/IN good/JJ odor/NN with/IN the/DT government/NN ,/,
connected/VBN with/IN the/DT upper/JJ middle/JJ classes/NNS ,/, Monsieur/NNP obtains/VBZ at/IN sixty-five/NN
the/DT Cross/NNP of/IN the/DT Legion/NNP of/IN Honor/NNP ,/, and/CC his/PRP$ daughter/NN 's/POS father-in-law/NN ,/, a/FW
parochial/JJ mayor/NN ,/, invites/VBZ him/PRP to/IN his/PRP$ evenings/NNS ./, These/DT life-long/JJ labors/NNS ,/,
then/UH ,/, are/VBP for/IN the/DT good/NN of/IN the/DT children/NNS ,/, whom/WP these/DT lower/JJR middle/JJ classes/NNS
are/VBP inevitably/RB driven/VBN to/IN exalt/NN ./, Thus/RB each/DT sphere/NN directs/VBZ all/PDT its/PRP$ efforts/NNS
towards/IN the/DT sphere/NN above/IN it/PRP ./, The/DT son/NN of/IN the/DT rich/JJ grocer/NN becomes/VBZ a/DT
notary/NNP ,/, the/DT son/NN of/IN the/DT timber/NN merchant/NN becomes/VBZ a/DT magistrate/NN ./. No/DT link/NN
is/VBZ wanting/VBG in/IN the/DT chain/NN ,/, and/CC everything/NN stimulates/VBZ the/DT upward/JJ march/NN of/IN
money/NN ./.
Thus/RB we/PRP are/VBP brought/VBN to/IN the/DT third/JJ circle/NN of/IN this/DT hell/NN ,/, which/WDT ,/, perhaps/RB ,/,
will/MD some/DT day/NN find/VB its/PRP$ Dante/NN ./. In/IN this/DT third/JJ social/JJ circle/NN ,/, a/DT sort/NN of/IN
Parisian/JJ belly/NN ,/, in/IN which/WDT the/DT interests/NNS of/IN the/DT town/NN are/VBP digested/VBN ,/, and/VBP
where/WRB they/PRP are/VBP condensed/VBN into/IN the/DT form/NN known/VBN as/IN _/NFP business/NN _/NFP ,/, there/EX moves/VBZ
and/CC agitates/VBZ ,/, as/RB by/IN some/DT acrid/JJ and/CC bitter/JJ intestinal/JJ process/NN ,/, the/DT crowd/NN
of/IN lawyers/NNS ,/, doctors/NNS ,/, notaries/NNS ,/, councillors/NNS ,/, business/NN men/NNS ,/, bankers/NNS ,/, big/JJ
merchants/NNS ,/, speculators/NNS ,/, and/CC magistrates/NNS ./. Here/RB are/VBP to/TO be/VB found/VBN even/RB
more/JJR causes/NNS of/IN moral/JJ and/CC physical/JJ destruction/NN than/IN elsewhere/RB ./, These/DT
people/NNS --/: almost/RB all/DT of/IN them/PRP --/: live/VBP in/IN unhealthy/JJ offices/NNS ,/, in/IN fetid/NNP
ante-chambers/NNS ,/, in/IN little/JJ barred/NNS dens/VBZ ,/, and/CC spend/VBP their/PRP$ days/NNS bowed/VBD down/RP
beneath/IN the/DT weight/NN of/IN affairs/NNS ;/: they/PRP rise/VBP at/IN dawn/NN to/TO be/VB in/IN time/NN ,/, not/RB to/IN
be/VB left/VBN behind/RB ,/, to/TO gain/VB all/DT or/CC not/RB to/TO lose/VB ,/, to/TO overreach/VB a/DT man/NN or/CC his/PRP$
money/NN ,/, to/TO open/VB or/CC wind/VB up/RP some/DT business/NN ,/, to/TO take/VB advantage/NN of/IN some/DT
fleeting/JJ opportunity/NN ,/, to/TO get/VB a/DT man/NN hanged/VBN or/CC set/VB him/PRP free/JJ ./, They/PRP infect/VBP
their/PRP$ horses/NNS ,/, they/PRP overdrive/NN and/CC age/NN and/CC break/NN them/PRP ,/, like/IN their/PRP$ own/JJ
legs/NNS ,/, before/IN their/PRP$ time/NN ./, Time/NNP is/VBZ their/PRP$ tyrant/NN :/: it/PRP fails/VBZ them/PRP ,/, it/PRP escapes/VBZ
them/PRP ;/: they/PRP can/MD neither/RB expand/VB it/PRP nor/CC cut/VB it/PRP short/JJ ./. What/WP soul/NN can/MD remain/VB
great/JJ ,/, pure/JJ ,/, moral/JJ ,/, and/CC generous/JJ ,/, and/VBP ,/, consequently/RB ,/, what/WP face/NN retain/VBP
its/PRP$ beauty/NN in/IN this/DT depraving/VBG practice/NN of/IN a/DT calling/NN which/WDT compels/VBZ one/CD to/IN
bear/VB the/DT weight/NN of/IN the/DT public/JJ sorrows/NNS ,/, to/TO analyze/VB them/PRP ,/, to/TO weigh/VB them/PRP ,/,
estimate/VB them/PRP ,/, and/CC mark/VB them/PRP out/RP by/IN rule/NN ?/, Where/WRB do/VBP these/DT folk/NN put/VB aside/.
their/PRP$ hearts/NNS ?/, .../NFP I/PRP do/VBP not/RB know/VB ;/: but/CC they/PRP leave/VBP them/PRP somewhere/RB or/CC other/RB ,/.
when/WRB they/PRP have/VBP any/DT ,/, before/RB they/PRP descend/VB each/DT morning/NN into/IN the/DT abyss/NN of/IN
the/DT misery/NN which/WDT puts/VBZ families/NNS on/IN the/DT rack/NN ./. For/IN them/PRP there/EX is/VBZ no/RB such/JJ
thing/NN as/IN mystery/NN ;/: they/PRP see/VBP the/DT reverse/JJ side/NN of/IN society/NN ,/, whose/WP$ confessors/VBZ
they/PRP are/VBP ,/, and/CC despise/VBP it/PRP ./, Then/RB ,/, whatever/WDT they/PRP do/VBP ,/, owing/VBG to/IN their/PRP$ contact/NN
with/IN corruption/NN ,/, they/PRP either/CC are/VBP horrified/JJ at/IN it/PRP and/CC grow/VB gloomy/JJ ,/, or/IN
else/RB ,/, out/NN of/IN lassitude/NN ,/, or/CC some/DT secret/JJ compromise/NN ,/, espouse/VBP it/PRP ./. In/IN fine/JJ ,/.
they/PRP necessarily/RB become/VBP callous/NNP to/IN every/DT sentiment/NN ,/, since/IN man/NN ,/, his/PRP$ laws/NNS
and/CC his/PRP$ institutions/NNS ,/, make/VB them/PRP steal/VB ,/, like/IN jackals/NNS ,/, from/IN corpses/VBG that/DT
are/VBP still/RB warm/JJ ./, At/IN all/DT hours/NNS the/DT financier/NN is/VBZ trampling/VBG on/IN the/DT living/NN ,/,
the/DT attorney/NN on/IN the/DT dead/NN ,/, the/DT pleader/NN on/IN the/DT conscience/NN ./. Forced/VBZ to/TO be/VB
speaking/VBG without/IN a/DT rest/NN ,/, they/PRP all/RB substitute/VB words/NNS for/IN ideas/NNS ,/, phrases/NNS
for/IN feelings/NNS ,/, and/CC their/PRP$ soul/NN becomes/VBZ a/DT larynx/NN ./, Neither/CC the/DT great/JJ
merchant/NN ,/, nor/CC the/DT judge/NN ,/, nor/CC the/DT pleader/NN preserves/VBZ his/PRP$ sense/NN of/IN right/NN ;/:
they/PRP feel/VBP no/DT more/RBR ,/, they/PRP apply/VBP set/NN rules/NNS that/WDT leave/VBP cases/NNS out/RP of/IN count/NN ./.
Borne/VB along/RP by/IN their/PRP$ headlong/JJ course/NN ,/, they/PRP are/VBP neither/DT husbands/NNS nor/CC
fathers/NNS nor/CC lovers/NNS ;/: they/PRP glide/VBD on/RP sledges/NNS over/IN the/DT facts/NNS of/IN life/NN ,/, and/CC
live/VB at/IN all/DT times/NNS at/IN the/DT high/JJ pressure/NN conduced/VBN by/IN business/NN and/CC the/DT vast/JJ
city/NN ./, When/WRB they/PRP return/VBP to/IN their/PRP$ homes/NNS they/PRP are/VBP required/VBN to/TO go/VB to/IN a/DT ball/NN ,/,
to/IN the/DT opera/NN ,/, into/IN society/NN ,/, where/WRB they/PRP can/MD make/VB clients/NNS ,/, acquaintances/NNS ,/,
protectors/UH ./. They/PRP all/RB eat/VB to/IN excess/NN ,/, play/VB and/CC keep/VB vigil/NN ,/, and/CC their/PRP$ faces/NNS
become/VB bloated/VBN ,/, flushed/VBN ,/, and/CC emaciated/VBN ./.
To/IN this/DT terrific/JJ expenditure/NN of/IN intellectual/JJ strength/NN ,/, to/IN such/JJ multifold/NN
moral/JJ contradictions/NNS ,/, they/PRP oppose/VBP --/, not/RB ,/, indeed/RB pleasure/NN ,/, it/PRP would/MD be/VB too/RB
pale/VB a/DT contrast/NN --/, but/CC debauchery/RB ,/, a/DT debauchery/NN both/CC secret/JJ and/CC alarming/JJ ,/,
for/IN they/PRP have/VB all/DT means/NNS at/IN their/PRP$ disposal/NN ,/, and/CC fix/VB the/DT morality/NN of/IN
society/NN ./, Their/PRP$ genuine/JJ stupidity/NN lies/NNS hid/VBD beneath/IN their/PRP$ specialism/NN ./. They/PRP
know/VB their/PRP$ business/NN ,/, but/CC are/VBP ignorant/JJ of/IN everything/NN which/WDT is/VBZ outside/RB
it/PRP ./, So/RB that/WDT to/TO preserve/VB their/PRP$ self-conceit/NN they/PRP question/VBP everything/NN ,/, are/VBP
crudely/RB and/CC crookedly/RB critical/JJ ./, They/PRP appear/VBP to/TO be/VB sceptics/JJ and/CC are/VBP in/IN
reality/NN simpletons/NNS ;/: they/PRP swamp/VB their/PRP$ wits/NNS in/IN interminable/JJ arguments/NNS ./.
Almost/RB all/RB conveniently/RB adopt/VB social/JJ ,/, literary/JJ ,/, or/CC political/JJ prejudices/NNS ,/,
to/TO do/VB away/RP with/IN the/DT need/NN of/IN having/VBG opinions/NNS ,/, just/RB as/RB they/PRP adapt/VB their/PRP$
conscience/NN to/IN the/DT standard/NN of/IN the/DT Code/NNP or/CC the/DT Tribunal/NNP of/IN Commerce/NNP ./.
Having/VBG started/VBN early/RB to/TO become/VB men/NNS of/IN note/NN ,/, they/PRP turn/VBP into/IN mediocrities/NNS ,/,
and/CC crawl/VB over/RP the/DT high/JJ places/NNS of/IN the/DT world/NN ./, So/RB ,/, too/RB ,/, their/PRP$ faces/NNS
present/VB the/DT harsh/JJ pallor/NN ,/, the/DT deceitful/JJ coloring/NN ,/, those/DT dull/JJ ,/, tarnished/JJ
eyes/NNS ,/, and/CC garrulous/NNS ,/, sensual/JJ mouths/NNS ,/, in/IN which/WDT the/DT observer/NN recognizes/VBZ
the/DT symptoms/NNS of/IN the/DT degeneracy/NN of/IN the/DT thought/NN and/CC its/PRP$ rotation/NN in/IN the/DT
circle/NN of/IN a/DT special/JJ idea/NN which/WDT destroys/VBZ the/DT creative/JJ faculties/NNS of/IN the/DT
brain/NN and/CC the/DT gift/NN of/IN seeing/VBG in/IN large/JJ ,/, of/IN generalizing/VBG and/CC deducing/VBG ./, No/UH
man/UH who/WP has/VBZ allowed/VBN himself/PRP to/TO be/VB caught/VBN in/IN the/DT revolutions/NNS of/IN the/DT gear/NN
of/IN these/DT huge/JJ machines/NNS can/MD ever/RB become/VB great/JJ ./. If/IN he/PRP is/VBZ a/DT doctor/NN ,/, either/RB
he/PRP has/VBZ practised/VBN little/JJ or/CC he/PRP is/VBZ an/DT exception/NN --/: a/DT Bichat/NNP who/WP dies/VBZ young/JJ ./.
If/IN a/DT great/JJ merchant/NN ,/, something/NN remains/VBZ --/: he/PRP is/VBZ almost/RB Jacques/NNP Coeur/NNP ./. Did/VBD
Robespierre/NNP practise/NN ?/, Danton/NNP was/VBD an/DT idler/NN who/WP waited/VBD ./, But/CC who/WP ,/, moreover/NNP
has/VBZ ever/RB felt/VBN envious/NNP of/IN the/DT figures/NNS of/IN Danton/NNP and/CC Robespierre/NNP ,/, however/RB
lofty/JJ they/PRP were/VBD ?/, These/DT men/NNS of/IN affairs/NNS ,/, _/NFP par/NN excellence/VBG _/NFP ,/, attract/VB money/NN
to/VB them/PRP ,/, and/CC hoard/VB it/PRP in/IN order/NN to/TO ally/VB themselves/PRP with/IN aristocratic/JJ
families/NNS ./, If/IN the/DT ambition/NN of/IN the/DT working-man/NN is/VBZ that/DT of/IN the/DT small/JJ
tradesman/NN ,/, here/RB ,/, too/RB ,/, are/VBP the/DT same/JJ passions/NNS ./, The/DT type/NN of/IN this/DT class/NN
might/MD be/VB either/RB an/DT ambitious/JJ bourgeois/NN ,/, who/WP ,/, after/IN a/DT life/NN of/IN privation/NN
and/CC continual/JJ scheming/NN ,/, passes/NNS into/IN the/DT Council/NNP of/IN State/NNP as/IN an/DT ant/NN
passes/VBZ through/IN a/DT chink/NN ;/: or/CC some/DT newspaper/NN editor/NN ,/, jaded/VBN with/IN intrigue/NN ,/,
whom/WP the/DT king/NN makes/VBZ a/DT peer/NN of/IN France/NNP --/, perhaps/RB to/TO revenge/VB himself/PRP on/IN the/DT
nobility/NN ;/: or/CC some/DT notary/NN become/VB mayor/NN of/IN his/PRP$ parish/NN :/: all/DT people/NNS crushed/VBN
with/IN business/NN ,/, who/WP ,/, if/IN they/PRP attain/VB their/PRP$ end/NN ,/, are/VBP literally/RB _/JJ killed/VBD _/NNP in/IN
its/PRP$ attainment/NN ./, In/IN France/NNP the/DT usage/NN is/VBZ to/IN glorify/JJ wigs/NNS ./NFP Napoleon/NNP ,/, Louis/NNP
XVI./NNP ,/, the/DT great/JJ rulers/NNS ,/, alone/RB have/VBP always/RB wished/VBN for/IN young/JJ men/NNS to/TO fulfil/VB
their/PRP$ projects/NNS ./.
Above/IN this/DT sphere/NN the/DT artist/NN world/NN exists/VBZ ./. But/CC here/RB ,/, too/RB ,/, the/DT faces/VBZ
stamped/VBN with/IN the/DT seal/NN of/IN originality/NN are/VBP worn/JJ ,/, nobly/JJ indeed/RB ,/, but/CC worn/JJ ,/,
fatigued/JJ ,/, nervous/JJ ./, Harassed/NNP by/IN a/DT need/NN of/IN production/NN ,/, outrun/NN by/IN their/PRP$
costly/JJ fantasies/NNS ,/, worn/VBN out/RP by/IN devouring/VBG genius/NN ,/, hungry/JJ for/IN pleasure/NN ,/, the/DT
artists/NNS of/IN Paris/NNP would/MD all/RB regain/VB by/IN excessive/JJ labor/NN what/WP they/PRP have/VBP lost/VBN
by/IN idleness/NNS ,/, and/CC vainly/NN seek/VBP to/TO reconcile/VB the/DT world/NN and/CC glory/NN ,/, money/NN
and/CC art/NN ./. To/TO begin/VB with/IN ,/, the/DT artist/NN is/VBZ ceaselessly/RB panting/NN under/IN his/PRP$
creditors/NNS ;/: his/PRP$ necessities/NNS beget/VBP his/PRP$ debts/NNS ,/, and/CC his/PRP$ debts/NNS require/VBP of/IN
him/PRP his/PRP$ nights/NNS ./, After/IN his/PRP$ labor/NN ,/, his/PRP$ pleasure/NN ./NFP The/DT comedian/NN plays/VBZ till/IN
midnight/NN ,/, studies/NNS in/IN the/DT morning/NN ,/, rehearses/VBZ at/IN noon/NN ;/: the/DT sculptor/NN is/VBZ
bent/VBN before/IN his/PRP$ statue/NN ;/: the/DT journalist/NN is/VBZ a/DT marching/NN thought/NN ,/, like/IN the/DT
soldier/NN when/WRB at/IN war/NN ;/, the/DT painter/NN who/WP is/VBZ the/DT fashion/NN is/VBZ crushed/VBN with/IN
work/NN ,/, the/DT painter/NN with/IN no/DT occupation/NN ,/, if/IN he/PRP feels/VBZ himself/PRP to/TO be/VB a/DT man/NN of/IN
genius/NN ,/, gnaws/NNS his/PRP$ entrails/NNS ./. Competition/NN ,/, rivalry/NN ,/, calumny/NN assail/NN talent/NN ./.
Some/DT ,/, in/IN desperation/NN ,/, plunge/VBP into/IN the/DT abyss/NN of/IN vice/NN ,/, others/NNS die/VBP young/JJ
and/CC unknown/JJ because/IN they/PRP have/VBP discounted/VBN their/PRP$ future/NN too/RB soon/RB ./, Few/JJ of/IN
these/DT figures/NNS ,/, originally/RB sublime/JJ ,/, remain/VBP beautiful/JJ ./, On/IN the/DT other/JJ hand/NN ,/,
the/DT flagrant/JJ beauty/NN of/IN their/PRP$ heads/NNS is/VBZ not/RB understood/VBN ./, An/DT artist/NN 's/POS face/NN
is/VBZ always/RB exorbitant/JJ ,/, it/PRP is/VBZ always/RB above/RB or/CC below/IN the/DT conventional/JJ lines/NNS
of/IN what/WP fools/NNS call/VBP the/DT _/NFP beau-ideal/NN _/NFP ./, What/WDT power/NN is/VBZ it/PRP that/DT destroys/VBZ
them/PRP ?/, Passion/NN ./, Every/DT passion/NN in/IN Paris/NNP resolves/VBZ into/IN two/CD terms/NNS :/SYM gold/NN and/CC
pleasure/NN ./, Now/UH ,/, do/VB you/PRP not/RB breathe/VB again/RB ?/, Do/VB you/PRP not/RB feel/VB air/NN and/CC space/NN
purified/VBN ?/, Here/RB is/VBZ neither/CC labor/NN nor/CC suffering/NN ./, The/DT soaring/VBG arch/NN of/IN
gold/NN has/VBZ reached/VBN the/DT summit/NN ./, From/IN the/DT lowest/JJS gutters/NNS ,/, where/WRB its/PRP$
stream/NN commences/NNS ,/, from/IN the/DT little/JJ shops/NNS where/WRB it/PRP is/VBZ stopped/VBN by/IN puny/JJ
coffer-dams/NNS ,/, from/IN the/DT heart/NN of/IN the/DT counting-houses/NNS and/CC great/JJ workshops/NNS ,/,
where/WRB its/PRP$ volume/NN is/VBZ that/DT of/IN ingots/NNS --/: gold/NN ,/, in/IN the/DT shape/NN of/IN dowries/NNS and/CC
inheritances/NNS ,/, guided/VBN by/IN the/DT hands/NNS of/IN young/JJ girls/NNS or/CC the/DT bony/JJ fingers/NNS of/IN
age/NN ,/, courses/NNS towards/IN the/DT aristocracy/NN ,/, where/WRB it/PRP will/MD become/VB a/DT blazing/VBG ,/,
expansive/VBG stream/NN ./, But/CC ,/, before/RB leaving/VBG the/DT four/CD territories/NNS upon/IN which/WDT
the/DT utmost/JJ wealth/NN of/IN Paris/NNP is/VBZ based/VBN ,/, it/PRP is/VBZ fitting/JJ ,/, having/VBG cited/VBN the/DT
moral/JJ causes/NNS ,/, to/TO deduce/VB those/DT which/WDT are/VBP physical/JJ ,/, and/CC to/TO call/VB attention/NN
to/IN a/DT pestilence/NN ,/, latent/NN ,/, as/IN it/PRP were/VBD ,/, which/WDT incessantly/RB acts/VBZ upon/IN the/DT
faces/NNS of/IN the/DT porter/NN ,/, the/DT artisan/NN ,/, the/DT small/JJ shopkeeper/NN ;/: to/TO point/VB out/RP
a/DT deleterious/JJ influence/NN the/DT corruption/NN of/IN which/WDT equals/VBZ that/DT of/IN the/DT
Parisian/JJ administrators/NNS who/WP allow/VBP it/PRP so/RB complacently/JJ to/TO exist/VB !/.
If/IN the/DT air/NN of/IN the/DT houses/NNS in/VBZ which/WDT the/DT greater/JJR proportion/NN of/IN the/DT middle/NN
classes/NNS live/RB is/VBZ noxious/JJ ,/, if/IN the/DT atmosphere/NN of/IN the/DT streets/NNS belches/VBZ out/RP
cruel/JJ miasmas/NNS into/IN stuffy/NNP back-kitchens/VBZ where/WRB there/EX is/VBZ little/JJ air/NN ,/,
realize/VB that/RB ,/, apart/RB from/IN this/DT pestilence/NN ,/, the/DT forty/CD thousand/CD houses/NNS of/RB
this/DT great/JJ city/NN have/VBP their/PRP$ foundations/NNS in/IN filth/NN ,/, which/WDT the/DT powers/NNS that/DT
be/VB have/VBP not/RB yet/RB seriously/RB attempted/VBN to/TO enclose/VB with/IN mortar/NN walls/NNS solid/JJ
enough/JJ to/TO prevent/VB even/RB the/DT most/JJS fetid/JJ mud/NN from/IN filtering/VBG through/IN the/DT
soil/NN ,/, poisoning/VBG the/DT wells/NNS ,/, and/CC maintaining/VBG subterraneously/RB to/IN Lutetia/NNP
the/DT tradition/NN of/IN her/PRP$ celebrated/JJ name/NN ./, Half/NN of/IN Paris/NNP sleeps/VBZ amidst/IN the/DT
putrid/JJ exhalations/NNS of/IN courts/NNS and/CC streets/NNS and/CC sewers/NNS ./, But/CC let/VB us/PRP turn/VBP
to/IN the/DT vast/JJ saloons/NNS ,/, gilded/NN and/CC airy/NN ;/: the/DT hotels/NNS in/IN their/PRP$ gardens/NNS ,/,
the/DT rich/JJ ,/, indolent/JJ ,/, happy/JJ moneyed/JJ world/NN ./, There/RB the/DT faces/NNS are/VBP lined/VBN and/CC
scarred/JJ with/IN vanity/NN ./, There/EX nothing/NN is/VBZ real/JJ ./, To/TO seek/VB for/IN pleasure/NN is/VBZ it/PRP
not/RB to/TO find/VB _/NFP ennui/NN _/NFP ?/, People/NNS in/IN society/NN have/VBP at/IN an/DT early/JJ age/NN warped/VBG their/PRP$
nature/NN ./, Having/VBG no/DT occupation/NN other/JJ than/IN to/TO wallow/VB in/IN pleasure/NN ,/, they/PRP
have/VBP speedily/RB misused/VBD their/PRP$ sense/NN ,/, as/IN the/DT artisan/NN has/VBZ misused/VBD brandy/NN ./.
Pleasure/NN is/VBZ of/IN the/DT nature/NN of/IN certain/JJ medical/JJ substances/NNS :/: in/IN order/NN to/IN
obtain/VB constantly/RB the/DT same/JJ effects/NNS the/DT doses/NNS must/MD be/VB doubled/VBN ,/, and/CC death/NN
or/CC degradation/NN is/VBZ contained/VBN in/IN the/DT last/JJ ./. All/PDT the/DT lower/JJ classes/NNS are/VBP on/IN
their/PRP$ knees/NNS before/IN the/DT wealthy/JJ ,/, and/CC watch/VB their/PRP$ tastes/NNS in/IN order/NN to/TO turn/VB
them/PRP into/IN vices/NNS and/CC exploit/VB them/PRP ./, Thus/RB you/PRP see/VBP in/IN these/DT folk/NN at/IN an/DT early/JJ
age/NN tastes/NNS instead/RB of/IN passions/NNS ,/, romantic/JJ fantasies/NNS and/CC lukewarm/JJ loves/VBZ ./.
There/EX impotence/NN reigns/VBZ ;/: there/RB ideas/NNS have/VBP ceased/VBN --/: they/PRP have/VBP evaporated/VBN
together/RB with/IN energy/NN amongst/IN the/DT affectations/NNS of/IN the/DT boudoir/NN and/CC the/DT
cajolements/NNS of/IN women/NNS ./NFP There/EX are/VBP fledglings/NNS of/IN forty/CD ,/, old/JJ doctors/NNS
of/IN sixty/CD years/NNS ./, The/DT wealthy/JJ obtain/VBP in/IN Paris/NNP ready-made/JJ wit/NN and/CC
science/NN --/: formulated/CD opinions/NNS which/WDT save/VBP them/PRP the/DT need/NN of/IN having/VBG wit/NN ,/.
science/NN ,/, or/CC opinion/NN of/IN their/PRP$ own/JJ ./, The/DT irrationality/NN of/IN this/DT world/NN is/VBZ
equaled/CD by/IN its/PRP$ weakness/NN and/CC its/PRP$ licentiousness/NN ./. It/PRP is/VBZ greedy/JJ of/IN time/NN
to/IN the/DT point/NN of/IN wasting/VBG it/PRP ./, Seek/VB in/IN it/PRP for/IN affection/NN as/RB little/RB as/RB
for/IN ideas/NNS ./, Its/PRP kisses/VBZ conceal/VB a/DT profound/JJ indifference/NN ,/, its/PRP$ urbanity/NN
a/DT perpetual/JJ contempt/NN ./NFP It/PRP has/VBZ no/DT other/JJ fashion/NN of/IN love/NN ./HYPH Flashes/NNS of/IN wit/NN
without/IN profundity/NN ,/, a/DT wealth/NN of/IN indiscretion/NN ,/, scandal/NN ,/, and/CC above/IN all/PDT ,/,
commonplace/JJ ./, Such/JJ is/VBZ the/DT sum/NN of/IN its/PRP$ speech/NN ;/: but/CC these/DT happy/JJ fortunates/NNS
pretend/VB that/IN they/PRP do/VBP not/RB meet/VB to/TO make/VB and/CC repeat/VB maxims/NNS in/IN the/DT manner/NN of/IN
La/NNP Rochefoucauld/NNP as/IN though/IN there/EX did/VBD not/RB exist/VB a/DT mean/NN ,/, invented/VBD by/IN the/DT
eighteenth/NNP century/NN ,/, between/IN a/DT superfluity/NN and/CC absolute/JJ blank/JJ ./. If/IN a/DT few/JJ
men/NNS of/IN character/NN indulge/VBP in/IN witticism/NN ,/, at/IN once/RB subtle/JJ and/CC refined/JJ ,/, they/PRP
are/VBP misunderstood/VBN ;/, soon/RB ,/, tired/JJ of/IN giving/VBG without/IN receiving/VBG ,/, they/PRP remain/VBP
at/RB home/RB ,/, and/CC leave/NN fools/VBZ to/TO reign/VB over/RP their/PRP$ territory/NN ./. This/DT hollow/VBP
life/NN ,/, this/DT perpetual/JJ expectation/NN of/IN a/DT pleasure/NN which/WDT never/RB comes/VBZ ,/, this/DT
permanent/JJ _/NFP ennui/NN _/NFP and/CC emptiness/NN of/IN soul/NN ,/, heart/NN ,/, and/CC mind/NN ,/, the/DT lassitude/NN
of/IN the/DT upper/JJ Parisian/JJ world/NN ,/, is/VBZ reproduced/VBN on/IN its/PRP$ features/NNS ,/, and/CC stamps/NNS
its/PRP$ parchment/NN faces/NNS ,/, its/PRP$ premature/JJ wrinkles/NNS ,/, that/DT physiognomy/NN of/IN the/DT
wealthy/JJ upon/IN which/WDT impotence/NN has/VBZ set/VBN its/PRP$ grimace/NN ,/, in/IN which/WDT gold/NN is/VBZ
mirrored/VBN ,/, and/CC whence/JJ intelligence/NN has/VBZ fled/VBN ./.
Such/PDT a/DT view/NN of/IN moral/JJ Paris/NNP proves/VBZ that/IN physical/JJ Paris/NNP could/MD not/RB be/VB other/JJ
than/IN it/PRP is/VBZ ./, This/DT coroneted/JJ town/NN is/VBZ like/IN a/DT queen/NN ,/, who/WP ,/, being/VBG always/RB
with/IN child/NN ,/, has/VBZ desires/NNS of/IN irresistible/JJ fury/NN ./, Paris/NNP is/VBZ the/DT crown/NN of/IN the/DT
world/NN ,/, a/DT brain/NN which/WDT perishes/VBZ of/IN genius/NN and/CC leads/VBZ human/JJ civilization/NN ;/:
it/PRP is/VBZ a/DT great/JJ man/NN ,/, a/DT perpetually/JJ creative/JJ artist/NN ,/, a/DT politician/NN with/IN
second-sight/VB who/WP must/MD of/IN necessity/NN have/VB wrinkles/NNS on/IN his/PRP$ forehead/NN ,/, the/DT
vices/NNS of/IN a/DT great/JJ man/NN ,/, the/DT fantasies/NNS of/IN the/DT artist/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT politician/NN 's/POS
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battle/NN and/CC victory/NN ;/: the/DT moral/JJ combat/NN of/IN `/`` 89/CD ,/, the/DT clarion/NN calls/VBZ of/IN which/WDT
still/RB re-echo/JJ in/IN every/DT corner/NN of/IN the/DT world/NN ;/: and/CC also/RB the/DT downfall/NN of/IN
1814/CD ./, Thus/RB this/DT city/NN can/MD no/DT more/RBR be/VB moral/JJ ,/, or/CC cordial/JJ ,/, or/CC clean/JJ ,/, than/IN
the/DT engines/NNS which/WDT impel/VBP those/DT proud/JJ leviathans/NNS which/WDT you/PRP admire/VBP
when/WRB they/PRP cleave/VB the/DT waves/NNS !/, Is/VBZ not/RB Paris/NNP a/DT sublime/JJ vessel/NN laden/JJ with/IN
intelligence/NN ?/, Yes/UH ,/, her/PRP$ arms/NNS are/VBP one/CD of/IN those/DT oracles/NNS which/WDT fatality/VBZ
sometimes/RB allows/VBZ ./NFP The/DT _/NN City/NNP of/IN Paris/NNP _/NFP has/VBZ her/PRP$ great/JJ mast/NN ,/, all/DT of/IN bronze/NN ,/,
carved/VBN with/IN victories/NNS ,/, and/CC for/IN watchman/NN --/: Napoleon/NNP ./. The/DT barque/NN may/MD roll/VB
and/CC pitch/NN ,/, but/IN she/PRP cleaves/VBZ the/DT world/NN ,/, illuminates/VBZ it/PRP through/IN the/DT hundred/CD
mouths/NNS of/IN her/PRP$ tribunes/NNS ,/, ploughs/VBZ the/DT seas/NNS of/IN science/NN ,/, rides/VBZ with/IN
full/JJ sail/NN ,/, cries/NNS from/IN the/DT height/NN of/IN her/PRP$ tops/NNS ,/, with/IN the/DT voice/NN of/IN her/PRP
scientists/NNS and/CC artists/NNS :/: ``/`` Onward/RB ,/, advance/VB !/, Follow/VB me/PRP !/, ''/'' She/PRP carries/VBZ a/DT
huge/JJ crew/NN ,/, which/WDT delights/VBZ in/IN adorning/VBG her/PRP with/IN fresh/JJ streamers/NNS ./, Boys/VBZ
and/CC urchins/NNS laughing/VBG in/IN the/DT rigging/NN ;/: ballast/NN of/IN heavy/JJ _/NFP bourgeoisie/NN _/NFP ;/:
working-men/NN and/CC sailor-men/NN touched/VBD with/IN tar/NN ;/, in/IN her/PRP$ cabins/NNS the/DT lucky/JJ
passengers/NNS ;/: elegant/JJ midshipmen/NN smoke/VBP their/PRP$ cigars/NNS leaning/VBG over/RP the/DT
bulwarks/VBZ ;/, then/RB ,/, on/IN the/DT deck/NN ,/, her/PRP$ soldiers/NNS ,/, innovators/NNS or/CC ambitious/JJ ,/,
would/MD accost/VB every/DT fresh/JJ shore/NN ,/, and/CC shooting/VBG out/RP their/PRP$ bright/JJ lights/NNS
upon/IN it/PRP ,/, ask/VB for/IN glory/NN which/WDT is/VBZ pleasure/NN ,/, or/CC for/IN love/NN which/WDT needs/VBZ gold/NN ./.
Thus/RB the/DT exorbitant/JJ movement/NN of/IN the/DT proletariat/NN ,/, the/DT corrupting/NN
influence/NN of/IN the/DT interests/NNS which/WDT consume/VBP the/DT two/CD middle/JJ classes/NNS ,/, the/DT
cruelties/NNS of/IN the/DT artist/NN 's/POS thought/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT excessive/JJ pleasure/NN which/WDT is/VBZ
sought/VBN for/IN incessantly/RB by/IN the/DT great/JJ ,/, explain/VB the/DT normal/JJ ugliness/NNS of/IN
the/DT Parisian/JJ physiognomy/NN ./, It/PRP is/VBZ only/RB in/IN the/DT Orient/NNP that/WDT the/DT human/JJ race/NN
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calm/VB affected/VBN by/IN those/DT profound/JJ philosophers/NNS with/IN their/PRP$ long/JJ pipes/NNS ,/,
their/PRP$ short/JJ legs/NNS ,/, their/PRP$ square/JJ contour/NN ,/, who/WP despise/VBP and/CC hold/VBP activity/NN
in/RB horror/NN ,/, whilst/IN in/IN Paris/NNP the/DT little/JJ and/CC the/DT great/JJ and/CC the/DT mediocre/JJ run/NN
and/CC leap/NN and/CC drive/NN ,/, whipped/VBN on/RP by/IN an/DT inexorable/JJ goddess/NN ,/, Necessity/VBP --/: the/DT
necessity/NN for/IN money/NN ,/, glory/NN ,/, and/CC amusement/NN ./, Thus/RB ,/, any/DT face/VBP which/WDT is/VBZ fresh/JJ
and/CC graceful/NN and/CC reposeful/NN ,/, any/DT really/RB young/JJ face/NN ,/, is/VBZ in/IN Paris/NNP the/DT most/RBS
extraordinary/JJ of/IN exceptions/NNS ;/, it/PRP is/VBZ met/VBN with/IN rarely/RB ./. Should/MD you/PRP see/VB one/CD
there/EX ,/, be/VB sure/JJ it/PRP belongs/VBZ either/RB to/IN a/DT young/JJ and/CC ardent/JJ ecclesiastic/NN or/CC
to/IN some/DT good/JJ abbe/NN of/IN forty/CD with/IN three/CD chins/NNS ;/: to/IN a/DT young/JJ girl/NN of/IN pure/JJ
life/NN such/RB as/RB is/VBZ brought/VBN up/RP in/IN certain/JJ middle-class/JJ families/NNS ;/: to/IN a/DT mother/NN
of/IN twenty/CD ,/, still/RB full/JJ of/IN illusions/NNS ,/, as/IN she/PRP suckles/VBZ her/PRP$ first-born/NN ;/: to/IN a/DT
young/JJ man/NN newly/RB embarked/VBD from/IN the/DT provinces/NNS ,/, and/CC intrusted/VBD to/IN the/DT care/NN
of/IN some/DT devout/JJ dowager/NN who/WP keeps/VBZ him/PRP without/IN a/DT sou/NN ;/: or/CC ,/, perhaps/RB ,/, to/IN some/DT
shop/NN assistant/NN who/WP goes/VBZ to/IN bed/NN at/IN midnight/NN wearied/VBD out/RP with/IN folding/NN
and/CC unfolding/NN calico/VBZ ,/, and/CC rises/VBZ at/IN seven/CD o'clock/NN to/TO arrange/VB the/DT window/NN ;/:
often/RB again/RB to/IN some/DT man/NN of/IN science/NN or/CC poetry/NN ,/, who/WP lives/VBZ monastically/RB in/IN
the/DT embrace/NN of/IN a/DT fine/JJ idea/NN ,/, who/WP remains/VBZ sober/JJ ,/, patient/JJ ,/, and/CC chaste/JJ ;/:
else/JJ to/IN some/DT self-contented/JJ fool/NN ,/, feeding/VBG himself/PRP on/IN folly/NN ,/, reeking/VBG of/IN
health/NN ,/, in/IN a/DT perpetual/JJ state/NN of/IN absorption/NN with/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ smile/NN ;/: or/CC to/IN the/DT
soft/JJ and/CC happy/JJ race/NN of/IN loungers/NNS ,/, the/DT only/JJ folk/NN really/RB happy/JJ in/IN Paris/NNP ,/,
which/WDT unfolds/VBZ for/IN them/PRP hour/NN by/IN hour/NN its/PRP$ moving/JJ poetry/NN ./.
Nevertheless/RB ,/, there/EX is/VBZ in/IN Paris/NNP a/DT proportion/NN of/IN privileged/JJ beings/NNS to/IN
whom/WP this/DT excessive/JJ movement/NN of/IN industries/NNS ,/, interests/NNS ,/, affairs/NNS ,/, arts/NNS ,/,
and/CC gold/NN is/VBZ profitable/JJ ./. These/DT beings/NNS are/VBP women/NNS ./. Although/IN they/PRP also/RB have/VBP