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

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“With the world began a war that will only end with the world, and not before: that of man against nature, mind against matter, freedom against fate. History is nothing but the story of this endless struggle.”

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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.”

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