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Article THE INFLUENCE OF POWER OVER FRIENDSHIP. ← Page 2 of 4 →
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The Influence Of Power Over Friendship.
in the preceding century , Tycho Brahe , des Cartes and Leibnitz , a : l enjoyed the ? ociety of snonarchs , by whom thsy had been , eated with marks of esteem ; but confidence and freedom did 0 t preside in this too unequal intercourse . Of these , Frederic ave " the first example , in which unfortunately for his fame , he jr ^ -ot to persist . He sent his friend the Baron de Keyserlingto
, isit the deities of Cirey , and to bear his portrait and manuscripts j Voltaire ; the philosopher was moved , perhaps flattered , by this omage ; but his greatest pleasure was the prospect of a Prince , sstined to reign , who loved literature , and was the friend of p hi- » jsophv , and the foe of superstition ; he hoped the author of the tnti-Machiavel would be a pacific monarchand he took serious
, elight , in secretly printing the book , which he believed must ind the Prince to virtue , for fear of betraying his own priniples . ; and of reading his condemnation in the work he himself had written . When Frederic ascended the throne , he testified no change , but ; mained the friend of Voltaire . The cares of government did
ot enfeeble his love of poetry , nor his avidity to possess the unublished writings of Voltaire , which were read by scarcely any xcept himself and Madame du Chatelet . Yet one of his first ieps , was to suspend the publication of his Anti-Machiavel ; Vollire obeyed , and the corrections which he had made with regret
? ere rendered fruitless . His desire that his disciple , now a King , should enter into a mbiic engagement , which should secure his adherence to philoophic maxims , was increased . Pie went to meet him at Wesel , nd was astonished to see a young monarch , in an uniform , on a amp bed , shivering with a fever . But his fever did not prevent im from profiting bhis neihbourhood to the principality of
y g iege , and enforcing the payment of a forgotten debt from the n ' shop . Voltaire wrote the Memorial , which was supported by he bayonet , and he returned to Paris well satisfied to have found lis hero an amiable man . But he refused the offers of the King , who wished to draw him to Prussia , and preferred the friendship ) f Madame du Chatelet , to the favor of a monarch whom he
adnired . The Silesian war had not interrupted the correspondence beweeii the King and Voltaire . Frederic sent poetry from the iekl , while preparing for battle , or amid the tumult of victory , ind Voltaire continuing to praise his military fame , never ceased : o preach humanity and peace . Voltaire at length yielded to the invitations of the King of
Prussia , and accepted the title of Chamberlain , the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit , and a pension of 20 , 000 livres . In" his own country , he saw himself the object of envy and hatred to men of letters , although he never had been their opponent in soliciting for places and pensions ; never had humbled them by his criti-
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The Influence Of Power Over Friendship.
in the preceding century , Tycho Brahe , des Cartes and Leibnitz , a : l enjoyed the ? ociety of snonarchs , by whom thsy had been , eated with marks of esteem ; but confidence and freedom did 0 t preside in this too unequal intercourse . Of these , Frederic ave " the first example , in which unfortunately for his fame , he jr ^ -ot to persist . He sent his friend the Baron de Keyserlingto
, isit the deities of Cirey , and to bear his portrait and manuscripts j Voltaire ; the philosopher was moved , perhaps flattered , by this omage ; but his greatest pleasure was the prospect of a Prince , sstined to reign , who loved literature , and was the friend of p hi- » jsophv , and the foe of superstition ; he hoped the author of the tnti-Machiavel would be a pacific monarchand he took serious
, elight , in secretly printing the book , which he believed must ind the Prince to virtue , for fear of betraying his own priniples . ; and of reading his condemnation in the work he himself had written . When Frederic ascended the throne , he testified no change , but ; mained the friend of Voltaire . The cares of government did
ot enfeeble his love of poetry , nor his avidity to possess the unublished writings of Voltaire , which were read by scarcely any xcept himself and Madame du Chatelet . Yet one of his first ieps , was to suspend the publication of his Anti-Machiavel ; Vollire obeyed , and the corrections which he had made with regret
? ere rendered fruitless . His desire that his disciple , now a King , should enter into a mbiic engagement , which should secure his adherence to philoophic maxims , was increased . Pie went to meet him at Wesel , nd was astonished to see a young monarch , in an uniform , on a amp bed , shivering with a fever . But his fever did not prevent im from profiting bhis neihbourhood to the principality of
y g iege , and enforcing the payment of a forgotten debt from the n ' shop . Voltaire wrote the Memorial , which was supported by he bayonet , and he returned to Paris well satisfied to have found lis hero an amiable man . But he refused the offers of the King , who wished to draw him to Prussia , and preferred the friendship ) f Madame du Chatelet , to the favor of a monarch whom he
adnired . The Silesian war had not interrupted the correspondence beweeii the King and Voltaire . Frederic sent poetry from the iekl , while preparing for battle , or amid the tumult of victory , ind Voltaire continuing to praise his military fame , never ceased : o preach humanity and peace . Voltaire at length yielded to the invitations of the King of
Prussia , and accepted the title of Chamberlain , the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit , and a pension of 20 , 000 livres . In" his own country , he saw himself the object of envy and hatred to men of letters , although he never had been their opponent in soliciting for places and pensions ; never had humbled them by his criti-