Excerpt from Montalembert on Constitutional LibertyUpon them the repugnance with which all that may seem a remembrance or a regret of political life inspires the votariw of the fashion of the day. If, among those who have opened these pages there should be some who are the slaves of that fashion, I say to them without ceremony, Stay where you are; do not go any further. N ot a particle of what I am about to write can prove agreeable or interesting to you. Go, ruminate in peace amid the rich pastures of your thrice happy retirement, and do not envy the right of those who envy you in nothing, to remain faithful to their past, to the solicitudes' of the intellect, and the aspirations for liberty.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.