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I bring your attention today to the most beautiful European language, that which was the first to unequivocally declare the rights of man and of the citizen , that which is charged with giving the world the most sublime ideas about liberty, & the greatest speculations of politics. For a long time the language was enslaved, used to flatter kings, corrupt courts & subjugate the people; for a long time, it was dishonored in schools, & misleading in public education texts; clever in courts, fanatical in temples, barbaric in diplomas, softened by poets, corruptor of theaters, it seemed to await, or rather desire, a finer destiny. Finally refined, & softened by some playwrights, ennobled & brilliant in the discourse of some orators, it regained energy, reason & liberty under the pen of some philosophers who had the dubious distinction of being honored by persecution before the Revolution of 1789. But it still seemed to belong only to certain classes of society; it had taken on the color of noble distinctions; & the sycophant, not happy with being recognized by his vices & depredations, still sought to distinguish himself, in the same country, by a different language. It appeared as though there were several nations in one. It had to exist in a monarchical government, where one had to prove themselves worthy of entering an educational institution, in a country where a certain way of speaking was necessary to be considered good company, & where it was necessary to whistle the language in a particular manner to be a proper man. These childish distinctions have disappeared along with the