[Jean Valjean omits the detail that he had finished his years in exile in a foreign country, under close watch of a garrison and stripped of his former titles. Napoleon remains a polarizing figure in French politics but Jean Valjean has no strong opinion of him; his convictions are religious rather than political. He had of course spent the entirety of Napoleon’s reign slaving in the galleys of Toulon: what did to matter to him who led the country when his fortune was immutable?]
However, men of all eras, it seems, may awaken from the stasis into which they are put.
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[Jean Valjean omits the detail that he had finished his years in exile in a foreign country, under close watch of a garrison and stripped of his former titles. Napoleon remains a polarizing figure in French politics but Jean Valjean has no strong opinion of him; his convictions are religious rather than political. He had of course spent the entirety of Napoleon’s reign slaving in the galleys of Toulon: what did to matter to him who led the country when his fortune was immutable?]
However, men of all eras, it seems, may awaken from the stasis into which they are put.