Word: fraternite
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...solemn hour for lovers of freedom, especially in the U. S. Although the Declaration of Independence was written 13 years before the Bastille fell, the American and French Revolutions had the same ideological roots, and in the minds of Americans and Frenchmen alike the words Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité evoked the same ideals as Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. For a century and a quarter the U. S. and France watched those ideals spread across most of the world. For the last few terribly quick years, together they have watched them crumble...
Many Americans resent the French doctrine of Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, when applied to Negroes. Several disagreeable incidents have occured when the tourists have strenuously objected to the rising tide of color in Montmartre...
...order to please U. S. tourists some proprietors of cafés and night restaurants in the Latin Quarter and Montmartre decided to ignore the national motto Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité and bar Negroes from entering their establishments...