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France recuperated most rapidly; by the Treaties of Paris there had been recovered from it only part of the abundant harvest which it had gathered in consequence of the victories and the coercive policy of Napoleon; the national soil was still fertile and the national consciousness was still imbued with the "gloire" which the Corsican General, with the help of his own and of foreign troops, had won for the French name.

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various

Parallel with this French striving for new "gloire" was England's endeavor to keep the Continent in a feverish condition; this was the policy of Lord Palmerston, and with it was combined a hysterical fear of attack on the part of possible enemies that were thought to exist in Russia, and especially in

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various

The great disturbances of world peace that marked the years 1830, 1854, and 1870 were attributable to an incessant pursuit of new "gloire," to which all other aims were subordinate.

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various

One may, however, run across a certain feeling toward war, quite local and unconscious, yet very different from the French love of "gloire" and the English keenness for war as a sort of superior fox-hunting or football.

Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Arthur Ruhl 1905

He looked upon "gloire" and "vertu" as the two great motive forces of a sane and beneficent life.

Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Edmund Gosse 1888

The French make a national fetish of their notion of 'gloire'

BBC News - Home 2010

The French make a national fetish of their notion of "gloire".

BBC News - Home 2010

They drone on about "gloire" only because they dread humiliation.

Culture | guardian.co.uk 2009

"gloire" took the central place, and we may form an intelligent conception of the meaning he stamped upon the word, by repeating some of his axioms.

Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Edmund Gosse 1888

"gloire," its historic culture, at the heart of which is the French language.

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