When Louis XIV assumed the reins of government France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity; it was … - Lytton Strachey

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Everybody has some special road of thought along which they travel when they are alone to themselves. And his road of thought is what makes every man what he is.

Lytton Strachey

When Louis XIV assumed the reins of government France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity; it was as if the whole nation had burst into splendid flower.

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