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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 699 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GUISE , a See also:

town of See also:northern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Aisne, on the See also:Oise, 31 M. N. of See also:Laon by See also:rail. Pop. (1906), 7562. The town was formerly the See also:capital of the See also:district of Thierache and afterwards of a countship (see below). There is a See also:chateau dating in See also:part from the See also:middle of the 16th See also:century. Camille See also:Desmoulins was in 1762 See also:born in the town, which has erected a statue to him. The See also:chief See also:industry is the manufacture of See also:iron stoves and See also:heating apparatus, carried on on the co-operative See also:system in See also:works founded by J. B. A. See also:Godin, who built for his workpeople the huge buildings known as the familistere, in front of which stands his statue. A See also:board of See also:trade-See also:arbitration is among the public institutions.

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