There were rumours of contemplated action by the revolutionary party. The authorities were said to have made a seizure of weapons and treasonable documents.

On parlait d'un mouvement préparé par le parti révolutionnaire; on avait, disait-on, saisi des armes et des papiers.

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile

You are not ignorant of the fact that the revolutionary party is raising its head.

Vous n'ignorez pas que le parti révolutionnaire relève la tête.

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile

The improvidence of the poor had alone urged revolutionary multitudes to the conquest of truth, justice, and happiness.

Seule, l’imprévoyance des pauvres avait jeté les foules révolutionnaires à la conquête de la vérité, de la justice, du bonheur.

Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite

Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite

Zola, Emile

Fruitfulness

Zola, Emile

But does not the revolutionary party support its own with shameless audacity ?

Est-ce que la révolution n'appuie pas les siens avec une audace impudente?

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile

The events which are now taking place present psychological problems that are quite as difficult as those which long enveloped the revolutionary period.

Les événements actuels présentent des problèmes psychologiques aussi difficiles que ceux dont l'époque révolutionnaire resta longtemps enveloppée.

Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne

Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne

Le Bon, Gustave

© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.

The Psychology of the Great War

Le Bon, Gustave

© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey

He was already meditating important revolutionary measures; the nomination of a Commune of which he would be the chief, the imprisonment of all bad patriots, and particularly of all such persons as had incurred his displeasure.

Déjà il songeait aux grandes mesures révolutionnaires: la nomination d’une Commune dont il serait le chef, l’emprisonnement des mauvais patriotes et surtout des gens qui lui déplaisaient.

Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon

La Fortune des Rougon

Zola, Emile

The Fortune of the Rougons

Zola, Emile

© 2006 BiblioBazaar

Therefore, when I found myself in the open fields, I soon made up my mind : I turned my back on my revolutionary subjects, and ran with all the speed I could command.

Aussi, quand je me trouvai en pleins champs, mon parti fut-il bientôt pris : je tournai le dos à mes révolutionnaires, je me mis à courir de toute la longueur de mes jambes.

Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon

Stories for Ninon

Zola, Emile

Contes à Ninon

Zola, Emile

The words aristocrat and lamp-post, the threats of hanging that form the refrain of the famous revolutionary song, the "Ca Ira," reached him in angry bursts, interrupting his triumphant dream in the most disagreeable manner.

Les mots d’aristocrate, de lanterne, les menaces de pendaison, lui arrivaient par souffles violents à travers la porte, et coupaient d’une façon désagréable son rêve triomphant.

Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon

La Fortune des Rougon

Zola, Emile

The Fortune of the Rougons

Zola, Emile

© 2006 BiblioBazaar

Some of my propositions, considered very revolutionary when first formulated, are now beginning to be almost commonplaces, although they are far from having yet produced all their consequences.

Quelques-unes de nos propositions, considérées comme très révolutionnaires quand elles furent formulées pour la première fois, commencent à devenir presque banales aujourd'hui bien que très loin cependant d'avoir porté toutes leurs conséquences.

Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces

L'évolution des forces

Le Bon, Gustave

© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris

The evolution of forces

Le Bon, Gustave

© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908

And he often did not dare to chance a bright dash of colour, but painted in a greyish gloomy key which was astonishing, when one remembered his revolutionary passions.

Et, souvent, il n’osait plus risquer une note vibrante, d’une tristesse grise qui étonnait, au milieu de sa passion révolutionnaire.

Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre

L'Oeuvre

Zola, Emile

His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile

Wherewith he assumed a very revolutionary air.

Et il affecta une allure très révolutionnaire.

Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre

L'Oeuvre

Zola, Emile

His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile

Even during the revolutionary periods each party kept to its own side.

Même aux époques révolutionnaires, chacun a gardé son allée.

Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon

La Fortune des Rougon

Zola, Emile

The Fortune of the Rougons

Zola, Emile

© 2006 BiblioBazaar

If you should draw back your hand, sire, you would see the scum of the people bubbling up, you would at once find yourself overwhelmed by revolutionary demands, and your most energetic servants would soon be at a loss how to defend you.

Si vous retiriez votre main, vous verriez bouillonner la lie de la populace, vous vous trouveriez tout de suite débordé par les exigences révolutionnaires, et vos serviteurs les plus énergiques ne sauraient bientôt plus comment vous défendre....

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile

Whoever loves and creates is the revolutionary saviour, the maker of men for the new world which will shortly dawn."

Qui aimera, qui enfantera, qui créera, est le sauveur révolutionnaire, le faiseur d’hommes pour le monde qui va naître. »

Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite

Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite

Zola, Emile

Fruitfulness

Zola, Emile

The revolutionary party must settle the matter with the nation, for it is the nation that supports the Empire by overwhelming majorities. . .

Les révolutionnaires doivent s'en prendre au pays, si le pays acclame l'empire par des majorités écrasantes....

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile