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May 28, 1926
Montgomery County Sentinel
Rockville, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland
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Rene Viviani's prodigious memory of French literature allowed him to recite entire acts of classic tragedies without error, impressing an examiner during his baccalaureate by reciting the first act of 'Le Cid' and later full plays like 'Horace' and 'Phedre'.
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Prodigious Memory
One of the sources of the late Rene Viviani's eloquence was his profound knowledge of French literature. He knew by heart thousands of verses and could recite entire acts of the classic tragedies without an error. He demonstrated this at the time of his baccalaureate, when he agreeably surprised the examiner by his accurate analysis of the Cid.
"Can you recite a few verses of it?" the examiner asked.
"Certainly," said Viviani, and had recited the whole of the first act before he was halted. On another occasion he recited the whole of Horace and Phedre from beginning to end.—Bulgaria, Sofia.
One of the sources of the late Rene Viviani's eloquence was his profound knowledge of French literature. He knew by heart thousands of verses and could recite entire acts of the classic tragedies without an error. He demonstrated this at the time of his baccalaureate, when he agreeably surprised the examiner by his accurate analysis of the Cid.
"Can you recite a few verses of it?" the examiner asked.
"Certainly," said Viviani, and had recited the whole of the first act before he was halted. On another occasion he recited the whole of Horace and Phedre from beginning to end.—Bulgaria, Sofia.
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Prodigy
Biography
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Triumph
Moral Virtue
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Prodigious Memory
Rene Viviani
French Literature
Recitation
Baccalaureate
Classic Tragedies
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Rene Viviani
Examiner
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Rene Viviani
Examiner
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Viviani demonstrated his exceptional memory by reciting the entire first act of 'Le Cid' during his baccalaureate examination and on another occasion the full plays 'Horace' and 'Phedre'.