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Patriotism & Eggs…

“Patriotism … is the egg from which wars are hatched.” Guy de Maupassant (1850 to 1893) Guy de Maupassant, in full Henry-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant, was a French naturalist writer of short stories and novels who is, by general agreement, considered the greatest French short-story writer.

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