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The Origins of Contemporary France
Volume 5 (of 6)

CHAPTER I
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Man is governed by imagination only; without imagination he is a brute.

It is not for five cents a day, simply to distinguish himself, that a man consents to be killed; if you want to electrify him touch his heart.

A notary, who is paid a fee of twelve francs for his services, cannot do that.

It requires some other process, a legislative act.

Adoption, what is that?
An imitation by which society tries to counterfeit nature.


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