Superstition in All Ages 87 – Knoop · Verses Across
Freethought · Atheism
Superstition in All Ages 87Voltaire to D'Alembert
18
Freethought · Atheism
Superstition in All Ages 87
Voltaire to D'Alembert
KnoopEnglish
FERNEY, February, 1762.
They have printed in Holland the Testament of Jean Meslier. I trembled with horror in reading it. The testimony of a priest, who, in dying, asks God's pardon for having taught Christianity, must be a great weight in the balance of Liberals. I will send you a copy of this Testament of the anti-Christ, because you desire to refute it. You have but to tell me by what manner it will reach you. It is written with great simplicity, which unfortunately resembles candor.
