Note 169 — Chapter XXIV
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The Bank of France, during periods of quiet and prosperity, aims at a gradual effacement, at a more complete retreat toward a very high but very restricted sphere of economic activity. But as soon as the least trouble appears ... the Bank assumes again its place at the head of our great financial institutions. (Brouilhet, "Le nouveau régime de la Banque de France." Revue d'Economie Politique, 1899.)