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In short, they are asked to implement something that they did not formulate, thereby making the efforts of the poor rather similar to the charge of the Light Brigade: theirs was not to question why; theirs was but to do or die.
Bref, il leur est demandé de mettre en œuvre quelque chose qu'ils n'ont pas élaboré, ce qui revient à demander aux pauvres des efforts qui rappellent ceux de la Charge de la brigade légère : elle n'avait pas à se demander pourquoi; elle devait le faire ou mourir.
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