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France is the daughter of freedom. In human progress, the essential part, the main force, is called man. Man is his own Prometheus.

— Jules Michelet

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The last people in the world in whom the personality would consent to be absorbed into pantheism is the French.

Great hearts alone understand how much glory there is in being good.

The intimate fusion of races is the identity of our nation, its personality.

From India comes to us a torrent of light, a river of Right and Reason.

The history of France begins with the French language. Language is the primary sign of nationality.

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