"D'Argenson made the mistake of wishing to perpetuate in democratic America the exactions of Old World etiquette."
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Pierre de Voyer d'Argenson (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
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Joseph-Edmond Roy
Joseph-Edmond Roy (7 December 1858 – 8 May 1913) was a Canadian historian.
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