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Article THE INFLUENCE OF POWER OVER FRIENDSHIP. ← Page 4 of 4
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The Influence Of Power Over Friendship.
the Tew betrayed his trust ; and to revenge himself on Vol ttyre who ' had detected him , and who would not suffer himself to be robbed he broug ht an absurd action , knowing that hatred is not difficult in admitting - evidence . The King , to punish his friend for having attempted to preserve his liberty and property , pretended to ° believe him guilty , to deliver him up to justice , and till the should be deter
even to exclude him his presence , ' cause - Voltaire addressed himself to Maupertuis , who had not yet openly testified his sentiments , and requested his interference with the chief judge ; Maupertuis returned a haughty refusal , and Voltaire perceived he had another enemy ; this ridiculous suit at length ended as it should do : the Jew was condemned , and was pardoned by Voltaire . The King then , admitted Voltaire once more , and added new marks of respect to former kindnesses by
bestowing on him a house near Potsdam . Voltaire was once more engaged in a literary quarrel . Maupertuis having unjustly dismissed from the academy one Koe ' nig , for opposing one of his new mechanical principles , Voltaire openly defended the expelled member against the president , as contrary to justice ; Maupertuis engaged the King to exact a promise from Voltaire to ridicule neither the academy nor it ' s president . The
promise was given , but unfortunately the King who commanded silence , imagined he himself might speak . He wrote several humourous pieces , which but with some little inequality , were partly against Maupertuis , and partly against Voltaire , the latter imagined that the King , by his conduct , had released him from his promiseand that the privilege of being the only one who should
, laugh , was not included in the royal prerogative . He therefore profited by a general permission , which he had formerly obtained , and sent his Akakia to the press , in which Maupertuis was devoted to eternal ridicule . The King laughed : he had little affection , and less esteem for Maupertuis yet jealous of his own authorityhecaused this
; , _ piece of humour to be burnt by the hangman . This is a mode of vengeance which it is rather singular that a philosophic King should borrow from the Inquisition . The insulted Voltaire sent the Monarch his cross , his key ,, and the patent for his pension , with the four following
lines—^/ e recti avec . tendresse Je les renvoi avec douleur ; Comme un amant , dans sajalouse ardeur Rend le portrait de sa maitresse . He sighed for freedom , and in order to obtain that , he returned to the King what he at first called splendid baubles , but which he ever afterwards named marks of slavery .
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The Influence Of Power Over Friendship.
the Tew betrayed his trust ; and to revenge himself on Vol ttyre who ' had detected him , and who would not suffer himself to be robbed he broug ht an absurd action , knowing that hatred is not difficult in admitting - evidence . The King , to punish his friend for having attempted to preserve his liberty and property , pretended to ° believe him guilty , to deliver him up to justice , and till the should be deter
even to exclude him his presence , ' cause - Voltaire addressed himself to Maupertuis , who had not yet openly testified his sentiments , and requested his interference with the chief judge ; Maupertuis returned a haughty refusal , and Voltaire perceived he had another enemy ; this ridiculous suit at length ended as it should do : the Jew was condemned , and was pardoned by Voltaire . The King then , admitted Voltaire once more , and added new marks of respect to former kindnesses by
bestowing on him a house near Potsdam . Voltaire was once more engaged in a literary quarrel . Maupertuis having unjustly dismissed from the academy one Koe ' nig , for opposing one of his new mechanical principles , Voltaire openly defended the expelled member against the president , as contrary to justice ; Maupertuis engaged the King to exact a promise from Voltaire to ridicule neither the academy nor it ' s president . The
promise was given , but unfortunately the King who commanded silence , imagined he himself might speak . He wrote several humourous pieces , which but with some little inequality , were partly against Maupertuis , and partly against Voltaire , the latter imagined that the King , by his conduct , had released him from his promiseand that the privilege of being the only one who should
, laugh , was not included in the royal prerogative . He therefore profited by a general permission , which he had formerly obtained , and sent his Akakia to the press , in which Maupertuis was devoted to eternal ridicule . The King laughed : he had little affection , and less esteem for Maupertuis yet jealous of his own authorityhecaused this
; , _ piece of humour to be burnt by the hangman . This is a mode of vengeance which it is rather singular that a philosophic King should borrow from the Inquisition . The insulted Voltaire sent the Monarch his cross , his key ,, and the patent for his pension , with the four following
lines—^/ e recti avec . tendresse Je les renvoi avec douleur ; Comme un amant , dans sajalouse ardeur Rend le portrait de sa maitresse . He sighed for freedom , and in order to obtain that , he returned to the King what he at first called splendid baubles , but which he ever afterwards named marks of slavery .