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After his return to France, Voltaire set out to write "Lettres Philosophiques," or "Letters on England," in which he challenged the old regime of France with brief, epigrammatic essays on the political liberty, religious tolerance and commercial enterprise of the British. The work – which was soon condemned by the French censor and all copies ordered to be seized – praises the English political and trade systems, the peaceful interaction between...
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Extrait : "Noble sang du plus grand des rois, Son amour et notre espérance, Vous qui, sans régner sur la France, Régnez sur le cœur des François, Pourrez-vous souffrir que ma veine, Par un effort ambitieux, Ose vous donner une étrenne, Vous qui n'en recevez que de la main des dieux ? La nature en vous faisant naître, Vous étrenna de ses plus doux attraits, Et fit voir dans vos premiers traits, Que le fils de Louis était digne de l'être."
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