HA HA HA HA well even if he's mistaken as to why Fritz wanted them back, this at least I can't disagree with
Quite, and I have to say, Fritz wanting the poems back because he thought Voltaire would plagiarize his immortal poetry is something I don't think anyone either gentleman would have believed. (It's certainly not something Fritz ever claimed in any letter of his that I've read.)
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Re: Macaulay - Voltaire
Date: 2020-09-05 08:03 am (UTC)Quite, and I have to say, Fritz wanting the poems back because he thought Voltaire would plagiarize his immortal poetry is something I don't think anyone either gentleman would have believed. (It's certainly not something Fritz ever claimed in any letter of his that I've read.)