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Show ; oo- PRIZES AT FRENCH ACADEMY. PARIS. Jan. 7. Ou of the functions of tho French academy moro accurately accur-ately the Academy of Languago and Literature is its right to award a largo number or monoy prizes for literary lit-erary merit and for "virtue." Slnco 1911 all tho literary prfzos have boon reserved to men serving with the col-i ora. Tho "vlrtuo" prizes aro awardod to humble people "who havo lived pJe JI I and useful lives," sacrificing tho rll I suit of all selfish aims to the seme of their families or their country. IU I |