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VOLTAIRE (1694 - 1778) L.A.S. « V », Potsdam 3 octobre 1752, à Marc-Pierre
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VOLTAIRE (1694 - 1778) L.A.S. "V", Potsdam October 3, 1752, to Marc-Pierre de Voyer comte d'ARGENSON| 3 pages in-4.
Beautiful letter accompanying the delivery of the manuscript of the Histoire de la guerre de 1741.
[This manuscript, entitled Histoire de la guerre dernière, is kept at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal (Ms-4773). The text was published, according to another copy, in 1755, without the consent of Voltaire, who did not want to see it published during his lifetime]. "Monsieur Le Baillif, my comrade with the royalty and not with the royalty of Prussia, will give you my lord the tribute I owe you.
The history of the last war belongs to you. Most of it was written in your offices and by your orders. It is your property that I return to you. I have added letters from the King of Prussia and Cardinal de Fleuri, which are perhaps unknown to you and which may please you. You can imagine that I have been able to learn some singularities. Jen ai fait usage avec la sobrieté convenable, et la fidélité d'un historien qui n'est plus historiografe.
If you have any spare time, you may wish to have some of this work read to you. I have put the titles of the main events in the margins, so that you can choose. You will honor this manuscript with a place in your library, and I flatter myself that you will regard it as a monument to your glory and that of the nation, while waiting for the time which must let all truths die to allow the publication one day of those which I present to you today.
Who would have thought, when we were together in the black alley, that one day I would be your historian, and that I would be so far away!
I realize that in your present position, your old friendship could never show itself in the crowd of your occupations and dependents| that you would have very few moments to give me| but I regret these moments and I swear to you that you have caused me more remorse than anyone else.
It is not perhaps a tribute to be despised that the remorse of a man who lives philosophically beside a very great king, who is showered with goods and honors to which he would not have dared to aspire, and whose soul enjoys unbounded freedom. But we love a country like ours, and a man like you, in spite of having them. I flatter myself that you take care of your health porro unum est necessarium. You need regime. You must love life. Be sure that there is a happy patient in the Potsdam
Potsdam who makes continual wishes for your preservation. It's not that we're praying to God for you here. But the oldest of all your servants is interested in you, your glory, your happiness and your health with the most respectful and lively tenderness."
Correspondance (Pléiade), t. III, n° 3318
Beautiful letter accompanying the delivery of the manuscript of the Histoire de la guerre de 1741.
[This manuscript, entitled Histoire de la guerre dernière, is kept at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal (Ms-4773). The text was published, according to another copy, in 1755, without the consent of Voltaire, who did not want to see it published during his lifetime]. "Monsieur Le Baillif, my comrade with the royalty and not with the royalty of Prussia, will give you my lord the tribute I owe you.
The history of the last war belongs to you. Most of it was written in your offices and by your orders. It is your property that I return to you. I have added letters from the King of Prussia and Cardinal de Fleuri, which are perhaps unknown to you and which may please you. You can imagine that I have been able to learn some singularities. Jen ai fait usage avec la sobrieté convenable, et la fidélité d'un historien qui n'est plus historiografe.
If you have any spare time, you may wish to have some of this work read to you. I have put the titles of the main events in the margins, so that you can choose. You will honor this manuscript with a place in your library, and I flatter myself that you will regard it as a monument to your glory and that of the nation, while waiting for the time which must let all truths die to allow the publication one day of those which I present to you today.
Who would have thought, when we were together in the black alley, that one day I would be your historian, and that I would be so far away!
I realize that in your present position, your old friendship could never show itself in the crowd of your occupations and dependents| that you would have very few moments to give me| but I regret these moments and I swear to you that you have caused me more remorse than anyone else.
It is not perhaps a tribute to be despised that the remorse of a man who lives philosophically beside a very great king, who is showered with goods and honors to which he would not have dared to aspire, and whose soul enjoys unbounded freedom. But we love a country like ours, and a man like you, in spite of having them. I flatter myself that you take care of your health porro unum est necessarium. You need regime. You must love life. Be sure that there is a happy patient in the Potsdam
Potsdam who makes continual wishes for your preservation. It's not that we're praying to God for you here. But the oldest of all your servants is interested in you, your glory, your happiness and your health with the most respectful and lively tenderness."
Correspondance (Pléiade), t. III, n° 3318