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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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  • Washcloths, broth, now and then a page from Pasteur or Rousseau.†  (source)
  • From William Blake to Lady Gaga, from Rousseau to Rumi to Tosca to Mister Rogers, it's a curiously uniform message, accepted from high to low: when in doubt, what to do?†  (source)
  • His books stood neatly along the glassed-in shelves of four vaultlike oak bookcases: the collected Shakespeare, Jefferson's essays, Thoreau, Paine, Rousseau, Crevecoeur, Locke, Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Dickens, Tolstoy.†  (source)
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  • Rousseau The rest of the site was an alphabetized listing of all the different myths of vampires held throughout the world.†  (source)
    Rousseau = Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- influential French philosopher and writer who believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society (1712-1778)
  • Temple, after a few moments, sidled across to Stephen and said: —Excuse me, I wanted to ask you, do you believe that Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a sincere man?†  (source)
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau = influential French philosopher and writer who believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society (1712-1778)
  • The important names are Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Rousseau, but there were many, many others.†  (source)
    Rousseau = Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- influential French philosopher and writer who believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society (1712-1778)
  • Or chance decreed that Marius should traverse Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau between Enjolras and Courfeyrac.†  (source)
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau = influential French philosopher and writer who believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society (1712-1778)
  • She argued that she was more connected to God reading her Rousseau than when she was at mass listening to Padre Ignacio intoning the Nicene Creed.†  (source)
    Rousseau = Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- influential French philosopher and writer who believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society (1712-1778)
  • This is the Rue Platriere, now called Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, on account of a singular household which lived in it sixty years ago.†  (source)
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau = influential French philosopher and writer who believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society (1712-1778)
  • Rousseau, Marie Curie, Louis Braille, Victor Hugo—†  (source)
    Rousseau = Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- influential French philosopher and writer who believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society (1712-1778)
  • —Jean Jacques Rousseau As Mack neared the cabin he could smell scones or muffins or something wonderful.†  (source)
  • "There is no doubt that people are in the long run what the government make out of them ...," Adams read in Rousseau.†  (source)
  • Voltaire, Rousseau, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Ibsen!†  (source)
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  • Rousseau asked me to make sure you arrived safely.  (source)
    Rousseau = a character in the story
  • And Paul Rousseau was their undisputed leader and lodestar.  (source)
  • In practice, however, Rousseau reported over Jacquard's head to the chief.  (source)
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  • "How much does he have on her?" asked Rousseau, still staring into the eyes of the woman.  (source)
    Rousseau = a character in the story
  • Therefore, Paul Rousseau was a pleasant surprise.  (source)
  • Rousseau agreed to lay down his pen and return to the fight, but only on one condition.  (source)
  • Rousseau permitted himself a brief smile at the expense of his rival.  (source)
  • Rousseau caught the door before it could close and led Gabriel into the half-light of the foyer.  (source)
  • Rousseau gathered up the three photographs and returned them to his deputy.  (source)
  • And there were some who spied because Rousseau and his operatives had given them no other choice.  (source)
  • Possible, thought Rousseau, but highly unlikely.  (source)
  • And it was the head of this man that Paul Rousseau would deliver to his chief.  (source)
  • "It's in the room at the end of the hall," said Rousseau.  (source)
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