Pierre de Coubertin,
The evolution of France under the third republic
(1897)
“ A New Spectacle. — Patriotism throughout the Ages. — Its Modern Formula. — Contradictory Problems. — A Work of Perseverance and of Confidence. — The Eifect on the Nation. — Officers and Soldiers. — Diverging Tendencies. — A Social- istic Lesson in Things. — Ideal and Patriotism. The Survival of Ideas. — Foreign Judgments on France. — The Worship of Form. — Unhealthy Scientific and Literary Stagnation. — Influence of Democracy on Letters and Lan- guage. ”
