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[Louis XIV] announced that he would now rule absolutely, without a council of advisors... No French king had ruled without advisors for almost a hundred years. And no one believed that this elegant young man... would be an efficient ruler.
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― Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners
― Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners
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Not too fashionable, still, she was admirable, intellectual; and yet to many, factual, though fairly objectionable, when met through claiming: 'I don't respect you unless you respect truth.
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