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  • Letter 10Lire la suite de «Letter 10»

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    Letter 9 Letter 11
    Mirza [1] to his friend Usbek in Erzerum You were the only person who could have consoled me for the absence of Rica, and Rica alone could have consoled me for yours. We miss you, Usbek ; you were the soul of our society. What violence it takes to break the engagements (...)

  • Letter 11Lire la suite de «Letter 11»

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    Letter 10 Letter 12
    Usbek to Mirza in Isfahan
    You are renouncing your reason in order to test mine ; you condescend to consult me, and think I am able to instruct you. My dear Mirza, there is one thing that flatters me even more than the good opinion you have conceived of me, and that is (...)

  • Letter 12Lire la suite de «Letter 12»

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    Letter 11 Letter 13
    Usbek to the same in Isfahan
    You have seen, my dear Mirza, how the Troglodytes perished by their very meanness, and were the victims of their own injustices. [1] Of so many families there remained but two which escaped the nation’s ill fortunes. There were in that land (...)

  • Letter 13Lire la suite de «Letter 13»

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    Letter 12 Letter 14
    Usbek to the same
    I cannot say enough about the virtue of the Troglodytes. One of them would say one day : My father is to plow his field tomorrow ; I will rise two hours before him, and when he goes to his field, he will find it already plowed.
    Another would say to (...)

  • Letter 14Lire la suite de «Letter 14»

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    Letter 13 Letter 15
    Usbek to the same
    As the population was growing by the day, the Troglodytes thought the time had come to choose a king for themselves. They agreed that the crown should be awarded to him who was the most just, and all eyes were cast on an elder venerable by his age and (...)

  • Letter 15Lire la suite de «Letter 15»

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    Letter 14 Letter 16
    Usbek to the mullah Mohammed Ali, guardian of the three Tombs [1] in Com
    Why do you live amongst the tombs, divine mullah ? You were made rather to dwell amongst the stars. You no doubt hide yourself lest you dim the light of the sun : you have no spots, unlike that (...)

  • Letter 16Lire la suite de «Letter 16»

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    Letter 15 Letter 17
    Usbek to the same
    I cannot, divine mullah, calm my impatience ; I cannot bear to await your sublime reply : I have doubts ; they must be settled. I can feel my reason vacillating : bring it back into the straight way [1] ; source of light, come illuminate my way ; (...)

  • Letter 17Lire la suite de «Letter 17»

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    Letter 16 Letter 18
    Muhammad Ali, servant of the prophets, to Usbek in Erzerum
    You always ask us questions that were asked a thousand times of our holy Prophet. Why do you not read the traditions of the scholars ? [1] Why do you not go to that pure spring of all understanding ? You would (...)

  • Letter 18Lire la suite de «Letter 18»

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    Letter 17 Letter 19
    Usbek to his friend Rustan in Isfahan
    We stayed just a week at Tokat [1] ; after thirty-five days’ march we have arrived in Smyrna. [2]
    From Tokat to Smyrna not a single city is to be found that deserves mentioning. I have been surprised to see the weakness of the (...)