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Excerpt from F�nelon A Cambrai: D'Apr�s Sa Correspondance, 1699-1715
Apr�s avoir �t� l'objetde l'admiration de ses contempo rains, F�nelon attire encore l'attention, non-seulement des amis des lettres, mais aussi de ceux qui aiment � s'oc cuper de l'histoire de l'esprit humain. Malgr� la distance des temps et le changement des moeurs, malgr� la gloire elle-m�me qui, en imposant certaines figures � notre admiration, leur enl�ve parfois une partie de leur origina lit� propre, il exerce un singulier attrait sur les esprits �lev�s o� vivent encore le go�t du beau et le culte de la v�rit�. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
