Original sentence: Reception to the moral aspect has generally been positive, with exceptions such as Rousseau and Lamartine.The book has become a standard French reader both at home and abroad
Edited sentence: Nor has any one, with the exception of a few paradoxers like Rousseau and a few sentimentalists like Lamartine, denied that the moral tone of the whole is as fresh and healthy as its literary interest is vivid.The book has therefore naturally become a standard French reader both at home and abroad