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Voltaire

Note 102 — Chapter III

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In some readings given before popular audiences in Paris in 1850, it was found that Voltaire was only partially effective. ‘Trop d’artifice,’ says Ste. Beuve, ‘trop d’art nuit auprès des esprits neufs; trop de simplicité nuit aussi; ils ne s’en étonnent pas, et ils ont jusqu’à un certain point besoin d’être étonnés.’ (Causeries, i. 289.)

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