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Alphonse de Lamartine
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Definition:[1790 - 1869]a French poet, writer and politician. His poetry made him famous. His prose writings were non-fiction focusing on history and criticisms. During his brief political tenure he led efforts to abolish the death penalty and slavery while promoting democracy and pacifism. His platform was considered too moderate for even his followers, so he left politics after losing the December 1848 French presidential election.
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She let herself glide along with Lamartine meanderings, listened to harps on lakes, to all the songs of dying swans, to the falling of the leaves, the pure virgins ascending to heaven, and the voice of the Eternal discoursing down the valleys.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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But as it was also a regular museum, as moreover Chopin and Liszt had played there, Lamartine recited poetry, all the most famous artists for fully a century inscribed ‘sentiments,’ scored melodies, made sketches in the family album,
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 2]
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