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ANATOLE FRANCE 
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5 England that only one volume 
by ANATOLE FRANCE 
has been adequately rendered 
{J into English ; yet outside this 
country he shares with 
TOLSTOI the distinction 
of being the greatest and most daring 
student of humanity living. 
1 There have been many difficulties to 
encounter in completing arrangements for a 
uniform edition, though perhaps the chief bar- 
rier to publication here has been the fact that 
his writings are not for babes—but for men 
and the mothers of men. Indeed, some of his 
Eastern romances are written with biblical can- 
dour. “TI have sought truth strenuously,” he 
tells us, “I have met her boldly. I have never 
turned from her even when she wore an 
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