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tom, the man is the same. The one has devoted his life to his
country here below, the other to his country on high; that is
the only difference.
Twice a year, on the first of January and on St. George’s
day, Marius wrote duty letters to his father, which were dic-
tated by his aunt, and which one would have pronounced
to be copied from some formula; this was all that M. Gille-
normand tolerated; and the father answered them with very
tender letters which the grandfather thrust into his pocket
unread.

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