a finger on the hand of the body of europe. that is a very broad category of people, and the definition is fuzzy at best. i had the will and i had the resources. rampant urbanization and industrialization, ever expanding cities and shrinking forests, a complete removal of man from nature, with the obvious results. i know, because i have been there. the idea that a frenchmen need not speak the language, share the culture, believe in the same god or even more importantly be ethnically french is ludicrous in the extreme.

what remains? what are your wishes? nothing is conserved. the jaded cynicism with which i had greeted previous attacks didn ’ t eventuate. all possibility of expression and belief was open to be taught, discussed and spoken. a a one-point-seven percentage point difference may mean something to a few, but a ingeniously worded expression or brilliantly crafted poster will convince the many.

>but they will not occupy our soil.