The Life of Voltaire volume 2
The Life of Voltaire volume 2
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Some of the magistrates themselves belonged to the confraternity of the White Penitents.
One of them only M. De Lasalle had the courage to object to the mockery of the proceedings. ' You are all Galas/ said a brother judge. ' And you, ' answered Lasalle, ' are all People. ' ^Ei. 68] THE AFFAIR OF GALAS 159 By eight votes to five, then, ' a weak old man was to be condemned to the most awful of all deaths ' (first the torture, and then to be broken on the wheel) ' for having strangled and hanged ...with his feeble hands, in hatred of the Catholic religion, his robust and vigorous son who had no more inclination towards that religion than the father himself. ' The words are the words of him who, said Madame du Deffand, became all men's avocat, Voltaire.
Out of those thirteen judges three voted for torture only, and two suggested that it might be better to examine the shop at the Eue des Filatiers and see if a suicide were impossible. One hero alone voted for complete acquittal.
The terms of the sentence display a savage ferocity, of which only a religious hatred is capable.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Some of the magistrates themselves belonged to the confraternity of the White Penitents.
One of them only M. De Lasalle had the courage to object to the mockery of the proceedings. ' You are all Galas/ said a brother judge. ' And you, ' answered Lasalle, ' are all People. ' ^Ei. 68] THE AFFAIR OF GALAS 159 By eight votes to five, then, ' a weak old man was to be condemned to the most awful of all deaths ' (first the torture, and then to be broken on the wheel) ' for having strangled and hanged ...with his feeble hands, in hatred of the Catholic religion, his robust and vigorous son who had no more inclination towards that religion than the father himself. ' The words are the words of him who, said Madame du Deffand, became all men's avocat, Voltaire.
Out of those thirteen judges three voted for torture only, and two suggested that it might be better to examine the shop at the Eue des Filatiers and see if a suicide were impossible. One hero alone voted for complete acquittal.
The terms of the sentence display a savage ferocity, of which only a religious hatred is capable.
What to read after The Life of Voltaire volume 2?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Evelyn Beatrice Hall to read onlineMoreLess
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