French jurist and abolitionist who first proposed that France give the United States a monument to liberty. The idea became the 自由女神像 (Statue of Liberty), unveiled in New York in 1886.
Àidéhuá · dé · Lābùláiyī zuì zǎo tíchū le zèngsòng Zìyóu Nǚshén xiàng de xiǎngfǎ.
Édouard de Laboulaye first proposed the idea of gifting the Statue of Liberty.
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Chinese texts also write his name 拉布莱, without the final 伊. The statue's formal name, 自由照耀世界, translates the French 'Liberty Enlightening the World'; his friend 巴托尔迪 (Bartholdi) sculpted it.
