... altogether wrong: the foundations of a work settle down in the mind of the public. The truth is, that the populace, attentive to the wolf, the bear, to the man, then to the music, to the howlings ... of the gentry, and could not, like lords and gentlemen, bet a thousand guineas on Helmsgail against Phelem-ghe-madone. The Man Who Laughs VICTOR HUGO PART 2 BOOK 2 CHAPTER 9 Absurdities ... Vanquished," the victory of spirit over matter, ending with the joy of man. Such were the vulgar pleasures of the people. They sufficed them. The people had not the means of going to the noble...