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mildred_of_midgard ([personal profile] mildred_of_midgard) wrote in [personal profile] cahn 2020-10-11 03:00 am (UTC)

Chesterfield on FW

So I was googling Chesterfield (his envoy reports exist, but I haven't turned up digitized copies yet), and I found this letter he wrote on December 12, 1730, in which he writes,

The King of [sic!] Prussia in the oath he prepared for the Prince to swallow, among many other things, has made him swear that he will never believe in the doctrine of Predestination! A very unnecessary declaration in my mind for any body who has misfortune of being acquainted with him to make, since he himself is a living proof of free-will, for Providence can never be supposed to have pre-ordained such a creature!

You go, Chesterfield!

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