The world: historical and actual . es of medievalsuperstition. It was a greatpioneer, a proud monumentiif modern intelligence andmental liberty. Besides thisEncyclopedia three namesshould here be recorded,Voltaire, Rousseau and Buf-f on. The latter was a greatnaturalist, and as such didmuch to usher in the pres-ent day of scientific obser-vation and classification. Rousseaus was a strangelyinconsistent and unlovely character, but he had agenius for the ideal, and a passion for the rights ofman. He set forth the beauties an 1 claims of libertywith a persuasiveness which made his pen one of them
The world: historical and actual . es of medievalsuperstition. It was a greatpioneer, a proud monumentiif modern intelligence andmental liberty. Besides thisEncyclopedia three namesshould here be recorded,Voltaire, Rousseau and Buf-f on. The latter was a greatnaturalist, and as such didmuch to usher in the pres-ent day of scientific obser-vation and classification. Rousseaus was a strangelyinconsistent and unlovely character, but he had agenius for the ideal, and a passion for the rights ofman. He set forth the beauties an 1 claims of libertywith a persuasiveness which made his pen one of themore potent factors of his time. But the supremename in the list of pioneers of the Revolution isthat of Voltaire. He ranks as the great enemy ofthe christian church, but the church which he as-sailed, be it remembered, was very different fromthe Christianity of the present time, and he himselfwas a believer in a personal Deity ami the future , more than any other man, was the fatherof the French Revolution. 34 M -8 J-.
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