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The great betrayal (La trahison des clercs)

Note 46 — III The ‘Clerks’—The Great Betrayal

Richard Aldington translation

The nationalization of the mind sometimes has results whose savour is not sufficiently enjoyed. In 1904, during the centenary celebrations of Petrarch, the nations of Goethe and Shakespeare were not invited, because they are not Latins; but the Roumanians were invited. We do not know whether Uruguay was invited.

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