Note 191 — LETTERS TO MADAME DE GRIGNAN[11] FROM 1671 TO 1690. (continued 5)

After the death of Madame de Longueville, these able writers, fearing persecution, left France. Arnauld retired into the Low Countries, where he lived long unknown and in poverty. He remained there till his death. Nicole, more conciliating and less dreaded, returned to France. He figured in the quarrel of Bossuet and Fénelon. He supported the former, but with prudence and moderation.