There are certain points in this question that are too oftenoverlooked. In the first place, _honours and titles need not behereditary_; in the second, _they need not be conferred by thepolitical administration_; and, in the third, they are not only--asthe French Legion of Honour shows--entirely compatible with, but_they are a necessary complement to the Republican Idea_.
Thesepeople are people living upon fundamentally different ideas from ours,ideas far more definite and complete than ours. You... read more
