INTRODUCTION

PREFACE

EARLY LIFE

HEGIRA TO ENGLAND

EXAMPLES FROM ENGLAND

AT CIREY

“CANDIDE”

THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA

LAST DAYS

HIS CHARACTER AND SERVICES

TRIBUTES TO VOLTAIRE

SELECTIONS FROM VOLTAIRE’S WORKS

History

Wars

Politics

The Population Question

Nature’s Way

Prayer

Doubt and Speculation

Dr. Pangloss and the Dervish

Motives for Conduct

Self-Love

Go From Your Village

Religious Prejudices

Sacred History

Dupe And Rogue

“Delenda Est Carthago”

Jesus and Mohammed

How Faiths Spread

Superstition

The Bible

Transubstantiation

Dreams and Ghosts

Mortifying the Flesh

Heaven

Magic

DETACHED THOUGHTS