It is a matter of disillusion to young male Americans otherwise informed, to discover that the French are a moral people - judged, that is, by American country-club standards. (John Steinbeck)

It is a matter of disillusion to young male Americans otherwise informed, to discover that the French are a moral people - judged, that is, by American country-club standards.

John Steinbeck

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