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speaking its compassionate language of remembering
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not only the fallen, but those left behind,
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the widows, the orphans, and so on.
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I'll give you an example of how civil society and state power differ and vary.
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On the 14th of July 1919,
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just two weeks after the signing of the peace treaty
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on the 28th of June 1919,
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when the Germans were forced to accept the terms of the Treaty of Versailles,
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there was a victory parade in paris.
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That victory parade had a march past the Champs Elysées,
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through the Arc de Triomphe.
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It's only happened twice in history and this was one of them,