Note * — “From the sublime to the ridiculous is
Chapter XVIII
“From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.”
“Du sublime (he saw something sublime in himself) au ridicule il n’y a qu’un pas,” * said he. And the whole world for fifty years has been repeating: “Sublime! Grand! Napoléon le Grand!” Du sublime au ridicule il n’y a qu’un pas.
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