Thiers was, indeed, working away from the Bordeaux Compact and was Advocating a republic, though a conservative one.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
McCulloch's position comes out more clearly still in the reasons he gives for Advocating a compulsory provision for the able-bodied poor, and a national system of popular education.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
He begins, in orthodox fashion, by Advocating the middle course approved by Dryden.
"Early Theories of Translation"
Flora Ross Amos