The site where the Statue of Good Henri had been located, belongs unquestionably to this people of the French, whom he called his children, who still cherish him as their father: they wish to raise again this fine monument; I have no doubt, I am convinced that you can all be assured that such an honorable plan will receive the support of every heart, and of all the authorities, by consequence, that of the superior authority.
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The site where the Statue of Good Henri had been located, belongs unquestionably to this people of the French, whom he called his children, who still cherish him as their father: they wish to raise again this fine monument; I have no doubt, I am convinced that you can all be assured that such an honorable plan will receive the support of every heart, and of all the authorities, by consequence, that of the superior authority." in the context of "Louis XVIII, Préfet de la Seine Chabrol au Ministre de l’Intérieur (29 July 1814), quoted in Victoria E. Thompson, 'The Creation, Destruction and Recreation of Henri IV: Seeing Popular Sovereignty in the Statue of a King', History and Memory, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2012), p. 13" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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