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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 139 — II. OF PERSONAL MERIT.

Henri Van Laun translation

Æmilius is the Prince de Condé (1621-1686). The whole of the above paragraph is filled with reminiscences from Bossuetʼs Oraison funèbre du Prince de Condé, delivered in the year 1687.

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