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dreadful war, by which were torn from us territories 

 which Germany has not yet assimilated, was perhaps 

 so far beneficial to France as to warn her of the 

 dangers of an adventurous policy. "While it has 

 inflicted upon us a loss in money of so many hundreds 

 of millions, and has necessitated a complete renewal of 

 our whole system of government, it has at all events 

 been a terrible lesson for all governments, and es- 

 pecially for France. 



