abaisse

Updated: August 29, 2026

The Cougourde was being outlined at Aix; there existed at Paris, among other affiliations of that nature, the society of the Friends of the A B C. What were these Friends of the A B C? A society which had for its object apparently the education of children, in reality the elevation of man. They declared themselves the Friends of the A B C, the Abaisse, the debased, that is to say, the people.

Victor Hugo - Les Misérables

Faisant a l'homme avec le ciel une cite, Une pensee avec toute l'immensite, Elle abolit les vieilles regles; Elle abaisse les monts, elle annule les tours; Splendide, elle introduit les peuples, marcheurs lourds, Dans la communion des aigles.

J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury - The Idea of Progress : An inguiry into its origin and growth