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152. Je reux . . . uniTerselle, I am ready to admit that U is a fcmUf but it isand toiU remain a universal fauU, In several of bis dramas Voltaire ig^iored tbe love motive entirely, following in tbis respect tbe ezample of tbe Greek dramatists.

171. Les poëtes . . . saroir, U wae iherefore unamyidahle thaï the poète toere Uft in ignorance ae regardSj etc.

172. Honnôtes (before its noun), honesty fair, deeent^ upright; also, weH^meaning, It would seem tbat honnêtes in tbe sensé of "polite," "well-bred," were required, but if so tbe adjective sbould f oUow its noun aocording to modem usage.

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