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A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times : Volume 4 (Illustrated)

ByM. Guizot

“The Frenchman of to-day inhabits a country, long ago civilized and Christianized, where, despite of much imperfection and much social misery, thirty-eight millions of men live in security and peace, under laws equal for all and efficiently upheld. There is every reason to nourish great hopes of such a country, and to wish for it more and more of freedom, glory, and prosperity; but one must be just towards one's own times, and estimate at their true value advantages already acquired and progress already accomplished. If one were suddenly carried twenty or thirty centuries backward, into the midst of that which was then called Gaul, one would not recognize France…”

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Publication Date
May 7, 2013
Language
English
ISBN
9781304016089
Category
History
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): M. Guizot

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EPUB

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