Slowly these denationalizing pretensions were subdued; but at last the flag of the French monarchy,--the most beautiful invention of heraldry,--with lilies of gold on a field of azure, and angelic supporters, waved over a united people.
Sumner describes the eventual unification of France under a strong monarchy, symbolized by its flag.
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