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“Paris is simpy a place of freedom. Geographically central, it has always been a centre of light, learning and research. It will be very difficult for anyone to show that it is not still the home of freedom for ideas; a place where people like to hear ideas presented and discussed; wher an artist of any sort is just a human being like a doctor or a plumber, and not a freak or a madman.”

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