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Is this really what the philosophers were thinking of when they asked that the nations should form a mutual bundle?, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 22, 1867

March 22, 1867
Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil)
23.5 × 22 cm (9.3 × 8.7 in)

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