France is the daughter of freedom. In human progress, the essential part, the main force, is called man. Man is his own Prometheus. (Jules Michelet)

France is the daughter of freedom. In human progress, the essential part, the main force, is called man. Man is his own Prometheus.

Jules Michelet

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