Oeuvres Complètes de Voltaire, Vol. 58 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Oeuvres Compl tes de Voltaire, Vol. 58

Je crois furtout que nous ne tenons rien, ni nous ni les Chinois des Egyptiens. Ils n'ont pu former une foci te polic e et favante que long-temps apr s nous puifqu'il leur a fallu dompter leur Nil avant de pouvoir cultiver les campagnes et b tir leurs villes.

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