The Historic Role of France Among the Nations An Address Delivered At the Unive
The Historic Role of France Among the Nations An Address Delivered At the Unive
Langlois Charles Victor
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But what of that? The fact remains that the reputation of France in science, some six or seven hundred years ago, was as great as its renown in art and literature and in material achievement. * Then Knighthood came to Rome, Along with the sum of Knowledge, Which now has come into France: God grant that she be kept here, And that the place so content her That never again shall leave France The honor which h. Is settled there. 19 THE HISTORIC ROLE OF FRANCE Here, then, is the main fact. At a cert...ain moment in mediaeval times, France, --thanks to the advantages of her geographical position, to the abilities of her people, and to other circum- stances (chance no doubt must be credited with something) — France was historically far in advance of all other countries, and from all points of view. In modern times the benefits of this leadership have been gradually lost, and more or less completely so. Why? How? These two serious and difficult questions now call for an answer. / If we ask ourselves, today, how the affairs of France ought to have been guided so as to secure permanently the advantages of leader- ship, the answer seems plain.
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