tailieunhanh - Martin Guerre

We are sometimes astonished at the striking resemblance existing between two persons who are absolute strangers to each other, but in fact it is the opposite which ought to surprise us. Indeed, why should we not rather admire a Creative Power so infinite in its variety that it never ceases to produce entirely different combinations with precisely the same elements? The more one considers this prodigious versatility of form, the more overwhelming it appears. | feedboo is Martin Guerre Dumas Alexandre Published 1840 Categorie s Non-Fiction History Source http 1 About Dumas Alexandre Dumas père born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie July 24 1802 - December 5 1870 was a French writer best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels including The Count of Monte Cristo The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask were serialized and he also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent. Source Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo 1845 The Three Musketeers 1844 The Man in the Iron Mask 1850 Twenty Years After 1845 The Borgias 1840 Ten Years Later 1848 The Vicomte of Bragelonne 1847 Louise de la Valliere 1849 The Black Tulip 1850 Ali Pacha 1840 Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 We are sometimes astonished at the striking resemblance existing between two persons who are absolute strangers to each other but in fact it is the opposite which ought to surprise us. Indeed why should we not rather admire a Creative Power so infinite in its variety that it never ceases to produce entirely different combinations with precisely the same elements The more one considers this prodigious versatility of form the more overwhelming it appears. To begin with each nation has its own distinct and characteristic type separating it from other races of men. Thus there are the English Spanish German or Slavonic types again in each nation we find families distinguished from each other by less general but still well-pronounced features and lastly the individuals of each family differing again in more or less marked gradations. What a multitude of physiognomies What variety of impression from the innumerable stamps of the human countenance What millions of models and

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• Martin Guerre
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• French writer
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