You may take great comfort from the fact that suffering inwardly for the sake of truth proves abundantly that one loves it and marks one out as being… - Ernest Renan

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You may take great comfort from the fact that suffering inwardly for the sake of truth proves abundantly that one loves it and marks one out as being of the elect.

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About Ernest Renan

Ernest Renan (February 28, 1823 – October 12, 1892) was a French philosopher, playwright, historian, and writer.

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Alternative Names: Joseph Ernest Renan
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La colonisation en grand est une nécessité politique tout à fait de premier ordre. Une nation qui ne colonise pas est irrévocablement vouée au socialisme, à la guerre du riche et du pauvre. La conquête d'un pays de race inférieure par une race supérieure, qui s'y établit pour le gouverner, n'a rien de choquant.

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The regeneration of the inferior or bastard races by the superior ones is consistent with God's plans for humanity. The man of the people, in our countries, is always a fallen aristocrat; his hands are made to handle the sword rather than the laborer's tools. He prefers warring to working, that is, he returns to his original calling.

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