the ways of men(人们的手段)-第58章
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THE WAYS OF MEN
ever written; to see years as tragic as the 〃Terror。〃 He lived to hear the
recital of (having refused to witness) his country's humiliation; and fell
one April morning; in his retirement near Pisa; unconscious under the
double shock of invasion and civil war。 Though he recovered later; his
horizon remained dark。 The patriot suffered to see party spirit and warring
factions rending the nation he had so often called the pilot of humanity's
bark; which seemed now to be going straight on the rocks。 〃FINIS
GALLIAE;〃 murmured the historian; who to the end lived and died with
his native land。
Thousands yearly mount the broad steps of the Pantheon to lay their
wreaths upon his tomb; and thousands more in every Gallic schoolroom
are daily learning; in the pages of his history; to love FRANCE LA
DULCE。
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