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  • At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.

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    "La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma)". Book by Stendhal (Chapter 16), 1839.
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At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight. - Stendhal
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