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"With a very few exceptions, every word in the French vocabulary comes straight from the Latin."
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"The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization."
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