Internal communication

A4,4: arcades as formed by the restriction of free circulation. They evolved in this direction for better business, so that populations of the excluded take shape. There is a parallel movement internally. This internalization is another theme. For instance, with A5 the word "internal" is in the first line. The author, Poisson, clearly means by this the "mode of internal communication" that the arcades offer, meaning shelter whereas external modes of transportation are exposed to the weather. We note that Poisson goes on to do two things, mainly, in the passage: justify the need for "internal communication" by describing how the royal family might need it, as well as draw out further sensible features of the arcades from that starting point. A whole miniature world is constructed here. But we're also well aware that Benjamin is reading the quote differently, watching, or really surreptitiously explaining to us, how a "mode of internal communication" expressed and constructed architecturally also manifests itself as a structure of human values, such as the "honesty" mentioned above in A4a,3 where a moral value is expressed materially by nailing a coin to a countertop. Now, we can draw out these parallels almost continuously, hypothesizing ideational or moral networks of ideas that correspond point by point to decisions about how the arcades are built, but in terms of citational method we can also look at how language operates here. Poisson's text is being "presented" as objective evidence in the construction of a history of the 19th century. That presentation is brought forward by and invokes and imaginative reading where words have a double meaning. We are reading behind the quote, constructing a version of an "internal" arcade that almost certainly was not part of the Poisson's original intention. This secondary meaning is introduced by Benjamin by building a context of other citations and text that point to his intended meaning. But this is only our starting point for an analysis of how citation works for Benjamin, since can this "secondary" meaning be called Benjamin's? Can he be said to be constructing a historic truth, or perhaps like a Platonic dialogue, is he, by citationally stepping aside from any idea of ownership or authorial voice, all the more since it's indirect, "presenting" us with these impersonal historical forces?