But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased to exist for them. (Henryk Sienkiewicz)

But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased to exist for them.

Henryk Sienkiewicz

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