Word: raison
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Lampoon is distinctly amusing and much superior to the previous issues this year. The sketches are clever and the short jokes witty. One or two of them; however, have that indefinable charm which only mellow old age can give. The "By the Way" unexpectedly seems to have a raison d'etre; it serves to emphasize the excellence of the other "jokes" by contrast...
...Hervieu's daring conclusions, yet on essential points and in general theory agrees with him. He believes that to Hervieu is due unstinted praise for the sincerity, the eloquences and the talent with which he has defended the love marriage against the "mariage de convenance" and the "mariage de raison," so often opposed to the invincible instinct of love...