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Excerpt from French Authors at Home, Vol. 1: Episodes in the Lives and Works of Balzac Madame De Girardin George Sand Lamartine Leon Gozlan Lamennais Victor Hugo, Etc
France, in her past history, proclaims this need; and none the less, perhaps, for seeming exceptions, which - though some times cited to maintain a contrary argu ment are here slightly glanced at in proof rather of the irrepressible vitality of Genius, and its strength to overcome ob stacles, than of the power of despotism either to develope or to protect it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
