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Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2)

Volume 1 — CHAPTER IV.

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CHAPTER IV.

Theresa Le Vasseur.

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Tutorship at Lyons 95

Goes to Paris in search of fortune 97

His appearance at this time 98

Made secretary to the ambassador at Venice 100

His journey thither and life there 103

Return to Paris 106

Theresa Le Vasseur 107

Character of their union 110

Rousseau's conduct towards her 113

Their later estrangements 115

Rousseau's scanty means 119

Puts away his five children 120

His apologies for the crime 122

Their futility 126

Attempts to recover the children 128

Rousseau never married to Theresa 129

Contrast between outer and inner life 130

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