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Family writtings

Ecrits familiaux

Letter from François Guizot to his daughter Henriette on punctuation.. Ma chère Henriette, je te ferai encore la guerre sur la ponctuation ; il n’y en a point, ou presque point dans tes lettres. Les phrases se suivent sans aucune distinction ni séparation, comme les mots d’une même phrase. Quand cela n’aurait d’autre inconvénient que […]

Duke Victor de Broglie

Duc de Broglie

In his will dated June 19, 1839 Duke Victor de Broglie wrote of his links with François Guizot: “I consider our long friendship as one of the most precious gifts that God has given me”, which was the greatest expression of emotion that this very reserved personality was capable of. Their friendship, already of some […]