Dans tous les temps, dans toute soci�t� organis�e, on a vu surgir, se succ�der une race d'hommes n�s satellites, destin�s par leur fortune, leur naissance ou leur caract�re, � graviter autour des grands et des riches, propres � suivre, � ob�ir, comme d'autres sont aptes � pr�c�der, � commander; insinuants et habiles dans le d�tail des choses, fid�les au patron que le hasard leur a donn� ou qu'ils ont choisi comme un paratonnerre contre les surprises de la vie, parfois conseillers excellents et inspirateurs des grandes r�solutions, mais contents de demeurer dans la p�nombre et d�sireux de ne pas remplir les r�les �clatants sur la sc�ne du monde. Ils n'ont pas la foi en eux-m�mes, ils n'ont pas la volont�, facult� souveraine qui remplace et souvent annihile toutes les autres; mais certain penchant vers l'�picur�isme, quelque nonchalance dans l'�me, l'instinct du bonheur, qu'ils savent ne pas devoir rencontrer dans le fracas de la lutte, un scepticisme doux, le scepticisme de Cin�as essayant de dissuader Pyrrhus de conqu�rir l'univers, tout les d�tourne des ambitions fortes, les ram�ne vers un horizon restreint, du moins tranquille...

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Victor Du Bled (1848 - 1927) est un romancier et historien fran�ais, sp�cialiste des questions politiques et �conomiques et de la soci�t� fran�aise, r�dacteur � la "Revue des deux mondes".

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