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Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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Alphonse de Lamartine
Autobiographer
Diplomat
Foreign Minister
Historian
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Politician
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Notre-Dame-des-Vignes
Alphonse Marie de Lamartine
Civilization
Barbarism
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