Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10

Voltaire, 1694-1778; Leigh, Oliver Herbrand Gordon [Commentator]; Morley, John, 1838-1923 [Commentator]; Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 [Commentator]; Fleming, William F. [Translator]· 2 chapters· 73,817 words

_"Between two servants of Humanity, who appeared eighteen hundred years apart, there is a mysterious relation. * * * * Let us say it with a sentiment of profound respect: JESUS WEPT: VOLTAIRE SMILED. Of that divine tear and of that human smile is composed the sweetness of the...