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title: Français! Souscrivez Tous au 4ème Emprunt de la Défense Nationale (Frenchmen! All Subscribe to the 4th National Defence Loan)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/compagnie-des-notaires-4eme-emprunt-defense-nationale-1918/
description: A classical helmeted female figure in a roundel sits above a quotation attributed to Clemenceau, 'It remains for the living to complete the magnificent
section: Collection
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# Français! Souscrivez Tous au 4ème Emprunt de la Défense Nationale (Frenchmen! All Subscribe to the 4th National Defence Loan)

A classical helmeted female figure in a roundel sits above a quotation attributed to Clemenceau, 'It remains for the living to complete the magnificent work of the dead,' and a call to all French people to subscribe to the fourth war loan, which the notaries take without charge. The tell is the borrowed authority of the head of government and of the fallen, which turns a financial subscription into a duty owed to the dead.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

Original (French) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Compagnie des Notaires
de Paris & du Département de la Seine

Il reste aux vivants à parachever
l'œuvre magnifique des morts
Clémenceau

Français!
Souscrivez Tous
au
4ème Emprunt
de la Défense Nationale
On souscrit sans frais chez tous les Notaires

V-SA 13.376
Devambez, Paris
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Company of Notaries
of Paris and of the Department of the Seine

It remains for the living to complete
the magnificent work of the dead.
Clemenceau

Frenchmen!
All subscribe
to the
4th Loan
of National Defence.
One subscribes free of charge at every Notary's office.

V-SA 13.376
Devambez, Paris
```

Small marks at the foot are partly legible at the available resolution. 'Français!' is the masculine/plural form of address, translated 'Frenchmen!' as literal rendering.

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