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Do not make the mistake of thinking Tartarin a lunatic. Just as his immortal predecessor Don Quixote was thoroughly sane except in that which touched the realm of chivalry, so Tartarin is a normal Frenchman except when he is under the influence of the southern mirage.
It appeared to me therefore that, as M. Guizot could not intend to adopt the paradoxes of his predecessor, it would rather assist than embarass him, in establishing his own position, to have those paradoxes refuted, and that it was better that this would be done by me than that the ungracious task of refuting his predecessor should, by my neglect, devolve upon him.
I considered it to be my indispensable duty, as minister of the crown, to place my answer upon record; and I will fairly own that, though I felt that M. Thiers might complain of my delay, and might have said that, by postponing my answer till he was out of office, I prevented him from making a reply, it did not occur to me at the time that M. Guizot would feel at all embarrassed by receiving my answer to his predecessor.
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