Extremes meet.

Les Extremes se touchent.

Louis Sebastian Mercier

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Topic

Horseshoe theory

Author

Louis Sebastian Mercier

Source

Tableau de Paris

Language

French

Time

1782 1780s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Mercier, Louis-Sebastien. "Les Extremes se touchent." Tableau de Paris. Amsterdam, 1782, vol. 4, ch. 348.

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