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Jules Delafosse, Figures contemporaines (1899), p. 191, quoted in J. P. T. Bury, Gambetta and the Making of the Third Republic (1973), p. 67
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[Gambetta is] one of the few orators of our time, perhaps the only one, who could make an audience experience that divine shudder which tightens the throat and makes one's hair stand on end.

— Jules Delafosse

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[Gambetta is] one of the few orators of our time, perhaps the only one, who could make an audience experience that divine shudder which tightens the throat and makes one's hair stand on end." in the context of "Jules Delafosse, Figures contemporaines (1899), p. 191, quoted in J. P. T. Bury, Gambetta and the Making of the Third Republic (1973), p. 67" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Léon Gambetta

About Léon Gambetta

Léon Gambetta (2 April 1838 – 31 December 1882) was a French lawyer and republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government. He was Minister of the Interior from 4 September 1870 until 6 February 1871, President of the Chamber of Deputies from 31 January 1879 until 27 October 1881, Prime Minister of France from 14 November 1881 until 30 January 1882 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 14 November 1881 until 30 January 1882.