He saw that amid this general elation in Society those who were unsuccessful or discontented leapt to the front and shouted louder than anyone else: Commanders-in-Chief without armies, Ministers without portfolios, journalists without papers, and party leaders without followers.
Y notaba, sobre todo, que en aquel momento de entusiasmo general, bullían y gritaban más todos los fracasados y resentidos: los generales sin ejército, los ministros sin ministerio, los jefes de partido sin partidarios.