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Edmond About
February 14, 1828 - January 16, 1885
Nationality: French
Category: Novelist
Subcategory: French Novelist

I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.

   

But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.

   

It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.

   

I fight fairly, and in good faith.

   

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

   

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