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Speech by Victor Hugo, Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, Paris, France

Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 16, 17 and 18, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Handwritten notes for a speech against the Loi Falloux, pages 16, 17 and 18, 1850, by Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French writer, housed in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. In his speech, given to the Assembly on 15th January 1850, Hugo criticises the growing influence of the catholic clergy, which had been granted control of education under the Falloux Law. Hugo calls for a separation of church and state. The Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, was created in 1796 and is housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon. Picture by Manuel Cohen