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Thus the intellectual freedom of France in the eighteenth century was in great part owing to the proximity of and incessant intercourse with England and Holland.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Thus the intellectual freedom of France in the eighteenth century was in great part owing to the proximity of and…”
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Bagehot attributes much of France's intellectual freedom in the 18th century to its interactions with England and Holland.
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