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 self does not seem to object—is counted among the philosophers. The circumstance that Paul Janet stands in some sort of, and to us incomprehensible, relation to the science of philosophy, in this case comes very handy to us, because a bourgeois philosopher better than any one else can enlighten us about the bourgeois philosophy of the great revolution. Let us therefore, with the aid of the aforesaid book, search for this philosophy.

But first a brief preliminary observation. England passed through her revolutionary storms in the 17th century, and there were then two revolutions: the first, among other things, led to the execution of Charles I, while the second ended with an animated banquet and the rise of a new dynasty. But the English bourgeoisie, in the evaluation of these revolutions, manifests very divergent views: while the first, in its eyes, does not even deserve the name "revolution" and is simply referred to as "the great rebellion," the second is given a more euphonious appellation; it is called "the glorious revolution." The secret of this dif-