Les Misérables Volume III Book 4 Chapter 1

In which a band of earnest and varied young men, united under the banner of progress and justice, gather in secret corners of Paris to forge their ideals and companionship amidst the flickering hopes of a restless age. Among them shines Enjolras, the fierce and pure-hearted leader, around whom swirl souls of philosophy, poetry, scepticism, and humanity, each embodying a different shade of the revolutionary spirit in quietly kindling embers.