“The intimate fusion of races is the identity of our nation, its personality.”
[Introduction à l'histoire universelle, Michelet, Jules, Hachette, 1843, 9]
Introduction to Universal History , 1831, 1831
“England is an Empire, Germany a race; France is a person.”
[Histoire de France, Michelet, Jules, Chamerot, 1861, 103, book 3]
History of France, 1833-1867
Introduction à l'histoire universelle, new ed. (Paris: Hachette, 1879), p. 136
Introduction to Universal History, 1831