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“To play the game is to trample on prejudice, every prejudice, and to learn to base the scale of values solely on the criteria of the mind.”
Source: Speech 'Jouer le jeu', prize-giving at the Lycée Carnot, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, 1 July 1937
Context As Governor of Guadeloupe, addressing pupils and families at the school prize-giving, he urged young people to reject all prejudice and any feeling of inferiority.
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