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There are moments when all of us feel the force of the words of Voltaire: 'Travaillons sans raisonner, c'est le seul moyen de rendre la vie supportable. That there is much truth in such considerations is incontestable, and it is only within a restricted sphere that the province of reasoning extends.
First, as to literature "No, we have no genius, no poets or writers of the first rank just now at least so it seems to me. But we work nous travaillons beaucoup! Ce sera noire salut." It was the same as to politics. He had no illusions and few admirations. "The Chamber is full of mediocrities. We are governed by avocats and pharmaciens. But at least Ils ne feront pas la guerre!"
La V.'s, on the lake shore. Mont Blanc invisible. We met M. Merle d'Aubigne, brother of our hostess, and a few other friends. Returned home, and listened to a serenade to H. from a glee club of fifty performers, of the working men of Geneva. The songs were mostly in French, and the burden of one of them seemed to be in words like these: "Travaillons, travaillez, Pour la liberte!" Friday, July 15.
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