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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...home; he distrusts passion; he loves his wife and loves his children even more; he is idle and talkative; he takes a deep interest in politics; he is a patriot and loves all things military; he is not very religious and not at all mystic; on the other hand, he has a distinct taste for morality and for commonplaces. Victor Hugo was all this: a bourgeois with genius...
From this fact it will be seen what determined the choice of subjects which occupied Victor Hugo's imagination. Love hardly inspired him. On the other hand he celebrated family affection; and was almost the only one in France who could write about children. In the third place, he busied himself in his verse with the chronicle of daily life, especially political life. In his various collections of works he transcribed the opinions which swayed the French mind. He was a royalist in his "Odes," an advocate of independence in his "Orientales," a revolutionist in his "Feuilles d'Automne...
...want to participate in a spring handicap chess tournament should please hand in their names at 1 Grays as soon as possible. There will be a fee of 25 cents in order to provide prizes...
...want to participate in a spring handicap chess tournament should please hand in their names at 1 Grays as soon as possible. There will be a fee of 25 cents in order to provide prizes...
...SALE.- A new Eclipse bicycle, '97 model, 24 in. frame, $45, list price $75; also second hand Remington in fine order, $25, list price $100. 132 Austin street, Cambridge...