The Bourbon family is a dagger which the foreigner left in the heart of France in 1814: change the haft if you please, gild the blade if you will, the dagger remains a dagger.
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| Birth: | 17th February, 1803 |
| Death: | 27th March, 1875 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Profession: | Historian, Journalist, Philosopher, Poet, Politician |
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Edgar Quinet was born at Bourg-en-Bresse, France. He was a French historian, poet, political philosopher, and journalist. He was elected to the National Assembly in the following year but exercised little influence over his fellow deputies.
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