Joan of Arc

30May09

Whatever thing men call great, look for it in Joan of Arc, and there you will find it. —  Mark Twain

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Jeanne d’Arc

30May09

Joan was a being so uplifted from the ordinary run of mankind that she finds no equal in a thousand years. She embodied the natural goodness and valour of the human race in unexampled perfection. Unconquerable courage, infinite compassion, the virtue of the simple, the wisdom of the just, shone forth in her. She glorifies [...]

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Jeanne la Pucelle

30May09

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