... best known under the name of Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire, 1694 1778). Voltaire -was an author of enormous industry; seventy volumes of him adorn the present -writer's shelves, and another edition of Voltaire's works runs to ninety- four; he dealt largely with history and public affairs, and he corresponded with Catherine the Great of Russia, Frederick the Great of Prussia, Louis XV ... was dark with countless dangers, and must to the end remain a high and terrible enterprise. They postured a little as republicans, and sneered at the divine pretensions of monarchy; but th...

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