Please capitalize where necessary: but the second empire was the appeal to the french chauvinism, the demand for the restoration of the frontiers of the first empire, which had been lost in 1814, or at least those of the first republic.[c] a french empire within the frontiers of the old monarchy and, in fact, within the even more amputated frontiers of 1815 – such a thing was impossible for any long duration of time.
But the Second Empire was the appeal to the French chauvinism, the demand for the restoration of the frontiers of the First Empire, which had been lost in 1814, or at least those of the First Republic.[C] A French empire within the frontiers of the old monarchy and, in fact, within the even more amputated frontiers of 1815 – such a thing was impossible for any long duration of time.