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of cholera in 1892.
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We have to see this as an enormous sanitary success,
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but one that we ought to qualify.
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Let me look at--let's look--this is a map--
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a picture of the demolition,
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to convince you of what a major undertaking this was.
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And there's a view of the new open spaces,
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cleansed with light and air, and germ free.
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And also in Napoleon III's mind, it would be also--
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make revolution much more difficult.
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Well there was--the political success, as well as the sanitary
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--was a success but one that needs to be qualified.