The Revolution of 1830 soon ground to a halt. As soon as a revolution strikes the shore, the able…

The Revolution of 1830 soon ground to a halt. As soon as a revolution strikes the shore, the able carve up the wreck. In our century, the able have decreed to themselves the title of statesmen, so that this word 'statesman' has come to be somewhat a word of argot. Indeed, let no one forget that wherever this is ability alone, there is necessarily pettiness. To say 'able' amounts to saying…