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Bourbon was a French possession, but the Governor, M. Desforges, was obliged to observe _une grande circonspection_ in his dealings with the pirates who came and went as they pleased.
The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago 1880
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Cependant l’avenir doit être abordé avec volontarisme, méthodologie, circonspection, rationalité et pragmatisme si l’on ne veut pas que ce nouveau vent s’estompe de façon désagréable comme la plupart des périodes d’espérances qui ont jalonnées le Bénin tout au long de son histoire.
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