Letters to Madame Hanska, born Countess Rzewuska, afterwards Madame Honoré de
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    Letters to Madame Hanska, born Countess Rzewuska, afterwards Madame Honoré de
                                            
                            By Honoré de Balzac
                            
                                26 Nov, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        Brief Extract: These poor exiles have all, in their voices, their words, their ideas, something, I know not what, which distinguishes them from others, which serves to bind them to one another in spite of distance, lands, and language; a word, a phra
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                                                Brief Extract: These poor exiles have all, in their voices, their words, their ideas, something, I know not what, which distinguishes them from others, which serves to bind them to one another in spite of distance, lands, and language; a word, a phrase, the very sentiment exhaled in a look are like a rallying call which they obey; and, compatriots of a hidden land whose charms are reproduced in their memories, they recognize and love one another in the name of that country toward which they stretch their arms. Poesy, music, and religion are their three divinities, their favourite loves; and all these passions awake in their hearts sensations that are equally powerful. Less