Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz
Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz · English
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Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz · English
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BOOK II. MADAME:—I lay it down as a maxim, that men who enter the service of the State should make it their chief study to set out in the world with some notable act which may strike the imagination of the people, and cause themselves to be discussed. Thus I preached first upon All Saints' Day, before an audience which could not but be numerous in a populous city, where it is a wonder to see the Archbishop in the pulpit. I began now to think seriously upon my future conduct. I found
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