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`Twas but a dream, yet by my heart I knew, Which still was panting, part of it was true: Oh how I strove the rest to have believed; Ashamed and angry to be undeceived! Aphra Behn		Thursday Apr 24, 2025
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	Marshal HENRI PETAIN
	(1856-1951) An article, 'Danger: Men Not at Work!' by Hatton W. Summers, Nation's Business, May 1941, p. 15 - French prime minister 1940, head of state in Vichy govt 1940-44, convictd of treason 1945, life in prison.

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Attributed to him in a caption, which said, 'Frenchmen heard Marshal Petain pronounce this requiem over a lost France.' Our spirit of enjoyment was stronger than our spirit of sacrifice. We wanted to have more than we wanted to give. We tried to spare effort, and met disaster.

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