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A DISCOURSE

WHICH WON THE PRIZE AT THE ACADEMY

OF DIJON IN 1750, ON THIS QUESTION

PROPOSED BY THE ACADEMY:

HAS THE RESTORATION OF THE ARTS AND

SCIENCES HAD A PURIFYING EFFECT UPON MORALS?

Barbarus hic ego sum, qui non intelligor illis. - OVID.

[Here I am a barbarian, because men understand me not.]