Marcashadlearnedeverythingthatarealstatesmanshouldknow；
indeed，hisamazementwasconsiderablewhenhehadoccasiontodiscerntheutterignoranceofmenwhohaverisentotheadministrationofpublicaffairsinFrance。Thoughinhimitwasvocationthathadledtostudy，naturehadbeengenerousandbestowedallthatcannotbeacquired——keenperceptions，self—command，animblewit，rapidjudgment，decisiveness，and，whatisthegeniusofthesemen，fertilityinresource。
BythetimewhenMarcasthoughthimselfdulyequipped，FrancewastornbyintestinedivisionsarisingfromthetriumphoftheHouseofOrleansovertheelderbranchoftheBourbons。
Thefieldofpoliticalwarfareisevidentlychanged。Civilwarhenceforthcannotlastforlong，andwillnotbefoughtoutintheprovinces。InFrancesuchstruggleswillbeofbriefdurationandattheseatofgovernment；andthebattlewillbethecloseofthemoralcontestwhichwillhavebeenbroughttoanissuebysuperiorminds。
ThisstateofthingswillcontinuesolongasFrancehasherpresentsingularformofgovernment，whichhasnoanalogywiththatofanyothercountry；forthereisnomoreresemblancebetweentheEnglishandtheFrenchconstitutionsthanbetweenthetwolands。