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Letter to the Marquise Arconati Visconti (19 February 1881), quoted in Herbert Tint, The Decline of French Patriotism 1870–1940 (1964), p. 31
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I am only saddened by the help foreigners obtain from my electoral opponents at home. It is very sad to see the extreme (radical) republican party losing even the notion of patriotism.

— Léon Gambetta

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I am only saddened by the help foreigners obtain from my electoral opponents at home. It is very sad to see the extreme (radical) republican party losing even the notion of patriotism." in the context of "Letter to the Marquise Arconati Visconti (19 February 1881), quoted in Herbert Tint, The Decline of French Patriotism 1870–1940 (1964), p. 31" 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.