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with the utmost freedom, while there does not seem to be a journal in London or Paris that even attempts that courageous candor.
To dwell merely on the faults and follies of a nascent nation is idle; vitality is always hopeful.
To complain that a nation's very strength carries with it plenty of follies and excesses is, as Joubert says, to ask for a breeze that shall have the attribute of not blowing; demander du vent qui n'ait point de mobilite.
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