The Works of Victor Hugo - Les Misérables, Book 5, And, Hans of Iceland #251650

It sometimes happens that the rabble, that great and des perate mass, even contrary to principles, even contrary to liberty, equality, and fraternity, even contrary to the uni versal vote, to the government of all by all, protests, from the depths of its agony, its discouragement, its deprivations, its fevers, its distresses, its miasmas, its ignorance, and its dark ness, and the populace Offers battle to the people.