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academies and exhibitions , while the artistic productions of same impulse; the sovereign presents the work art he has saved from the general wreck - though entitled to a 13 * SOL 7, ar) ian lawyer, of 1is collection to the Empress Prederick, not a single instance could be quoted of any ancient works of art 4 eo ¢ w et tn Oo oO Decn more | forcible than that of the Wallace pequest, was the bestowal on $a) the French nation of the Palace of Chantilly with its dontents v7 and its 22000 acres of dem by “the Due d “Aumale,; t e@ news as OMewnoserdeath reaches: me asrl ani writ ine. rm} Ee a pee ee ty: von ew | 3s a eas The Due d Aumate was an exile when he made the announce- y (27 - url Tah Rs tea — any Hae a en ee ee eee ae ae ment to which Ihave Jus G Peperred ~ SHG “Via -mmegrate res Lit bo, PCTUn WO “ran ce: 2 Ad a ms t 4 IF eonlre there w a the weal Inatnan ” ee — + a matter ort course fTnere were the usual detractors wno sneered a his quixotic generosity. “hey said that his gift was merely int LO pave the way for the withdrawal of the proscription under whi he suffered, and to ensure his possessions from fiscation . Calculations so mean, however, could hardly have influenced one whose whole life and whose every action had been