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But, here, I cannot refrain from making reflections 

 on the blindness, prejudices, irrational insane ideas of 

 nation against nation. Why those hatred, inveterate 

 feelings between two nations, France and England, 

 especially ? . . . . Who will answer those arduous ques- 

 tions? Neither of them collectively ! u L' Amour propre 

 FranQais " on one side, and the " English Pride " on 

 the other side, and both together, will, I am afraid, pre- 

 vent forever an union between them. That " amour 

 propre Fran9ais," that I incline to render it, by 

 "Amour sale bete dirty, foolish, and the English 

 pride by English u arrant nonsensicalness" are 

 monstrous anomalies, which ought to make both blush 

 with shame, if they should take the thing in earnest 

 consideration ? Inasmuch as I have the profound con- 

 viction that both, individually, not collectively, unfor- 

 tunately have among them, men who think for them- 

 selves, who have admiration for each other nation, but 

 will not confess it not to the ears of a priest. I do 



not want such a confession. I wish it " Coram in ore 



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omnibus orbe" " In face of the whole world ! " 



If these two nations would clasp hands with each 

 other " sans arriere pensee," " without any " moral 

 restrictions." They, even to-day, at the dawn of the 

 twentieth century ! they could have the pre-eminence 

 over the whole of Europe ! if not more That is 



