Letter from Louis Blanc

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line 1: Brighton, 20 Grand Parade
line 2: March 17 1866
line 3:
line 4: Dear Sir,
line 5: I thank you for having kindly
line 6: sent me copy of the preface; but
line 7: I beg to invite your attention to
line 8: a remark it has suggested to me.
line 9: It being a matter of course that
line 10: a translator and a publisher
line 11: cannot be held intellectually
line 12: responsible for the views expressed
line 13: by the author, your repudiation,
line 14: so peremptory and, as I conceive,
line 15: uncalled for, of my opinions, may
line 16: induce the public researcher to think that

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line 1: the work is of a nature not to be
line 2: published without unusual oratorical
line 3: precautions; it may also imply
line 4: that I speak of England disparagingly,
line 5: which is certainly not the case,
line 6: and which, once supposed, could
line 7: not fail to injure the book, at least
line 8: in this country.
line 9: The following is an extract from
line 10: the Saturday Review (January 6 1866)
line 11: "He" (Mr Louis Blanc) "is very fair
line 12: in his opinions of English habits,
line 13: English institutions, and English
line 14: public men; his eulogy is
line 15: discriminating, and his censures are,
line 16: for the most part, such as Englishmen
line 17: themselves must acknowledge

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line 1: to be just"
line 2: I should be very much obliged
line 3: to you if you can make it
line 4: convenient to forward me the
line 5: 21 last letters. I wish only to glance
line 6: over them. They will be sent
line 7: back by return of post.
line 8: Truly yours
line 9: Louis Blanc