There is undeniably that. To misquote the Master on the Doctor from Doctor Who, "a universe without Voltaire does not bear thinking". And while an era after Voltaire would still provide Fritz with Voltaire's books to read, it wouldn't provide him with Voltaire himself to argue with and write love letters to, so anything but time travel with a return ticket is out of the question. :)
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Re: Speaking of out of context quotes...
Date: 2021-04-14 05:06 am (UTC)but when it comes to actually being born earlier, I can't really imagine that he'd have wanted to live before Voltaire...
Ha! Agreed.
Re: Speaking of out of context quotes...
Date: 2021-04-14 05:35 am (UTC)