French Lessons

French is an international language--a language of culture and refinement. Learning to speak and read French is extremely important for young ladies and gentlemen. Your French tutor might have you read a selection like this:

Le bons sens est la chose du monde la mieux partagée: car chacun pense en être si bien pourvu, que ceux même qui sont les plus difficiles à contenter en toute autre chose n'ont point coutume d'en desirer plus qu'ils n'en ont. --Discours de la Methode, René Descartes, 1637

 

 

 

 
English Translation: Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed: everyone thinks himself so abundantly provided with it that even those most difficult to please in all other matters do not commonly desire more of it than they already possess.

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