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← ExitThe Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volume II

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YEAR 1815

He is right (Mr. de Pradt), “terrorism has outlived its authors”; one might say: its existence. We have kept the impression of it and its habits.

“The taste for and fear of the military” (together): a very singular state of mind indeed.

T404.The parenthetic name keeps Pradt, unlike Pratd earlier on this page. Authors retains the sense of those who brought the terror about, not necessarily writers. Terrorism keeps the source noun in its historical political setting. The complete electronic 1798 Académie entry, directly read by the literary specialist, defines terrorisme as a system or regime of terror. No dictionary facsimile was inspected, and the quotation attributed to Pradt has not been independently authenticated. The elliptical its existence remains deliberately abrupt. We renders the indefinite on; impression and habits retain the two different survivals.

T744.Two paragraphs remain before the horizontal terminal rule. This second name is Pradt, with dt, and Mʳ has raised r. The parenthesis, quotation’s external semicolon, modal peut dire, colon and two perfect predicates remain; the habi-/tudes wrap is complete. The separate quoted nominal pair, parenthetic ensemble, colon, fort/en effet and nominal situation remain. All main text is roman. The next ANNÉE 1816 heading belongs to batch 035 and is not imported here. The named 844 distinct name spellings, plain plait, païs diaeresis, complete right edges and raised titles received bounded independent comparison, agreeing with the saved limits and qualifications.

T405.The source quotation closes before the parenthesis. Both opposed attitudes, together, very and indeed remain. The military leaves du militaire open to the military sphere or profession and does not invent a particular soldier.