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~~ |! WEDNESDAY, OCTOEER 20, 1920. -- aT THE DA) LY BR By MARK ST Ee ag FAMOUS "WITS" OF HISTORY | UYVESANT. w When Frederick crown p much of his time in philosgphical pursuits whom he most admired he declared he would rather b any king upon eartli----was They conducted a correspond for many months, and when Fre ick at last became king he eager] desired to have Voltaire visit him. _ But besides being a witty ren . dramatist, poet and reformer, Fr: cois Marie Arouet Voltaire was a a many of many moods, and pos sed of an idea of his own importan Therefore he insisted that Freder- ick should send him one thousand louis to pay his travelling expenses, | and another thousand go his niece could accompany him Frederick readily agreed to the first, hut refus ed to pay the travelling expenses of te niece. For some time the con- troversy ran back and forth, Volt- aire accusing the king of stinginess, the king declaring Voltaire was -cove- tous, - Frederick determined upon a T Some of the Jokgs Frederick the Great Played on Voltaire. of bed, i to set and | And a king | mous folly. Ah, | 1 will go! Yes, him to know 1 at instant the ick: was detern ed to the ith them ! NEenWry was so ac- | he could repeat, word for| any dicourse of any length, | °F. having once heard it. At this moment Voltaire had come to read some new verses he had cgmpozed, 80 [Frederick hid the Ense®iman in a closet, ordered Volt : admitted, and asked him to read his verses aloud. Frederick listened to them with apparent coolness. When Voltaire had finished, Frederick said: 3 The Englishman Repeated the Verses Word for Word, bold stroke to gain his point. He sent an ambassad@®.to Voltaire with twe ms ja his pocket. The am- bat had instructions to. tell Voi'a.re that Arnaud Baculard, a rival of Voltaire"s, had geached Potsdam, and that the king fad re- celved him with opén arms. .Then the ambassador casually declared that Baculjrd had read a poem in honor of Frederick, and that Fred- erick had rekd one he had written in honor of Baculard, intimating that he had two poems in his pocket at that moment. "Quick! Let's see, Let me read these two. masterpieces!" Voltaire cried) sitting up in bed "How - insipid! How "flat! How mean!' he exclaimed after reading Baculard's poem. Then, taking up the king's poem he read for & to. ment in silence with a look of pity. But his expgession changed when he came to thdSe lines, "Voltaire begins to set; but you are in your dawn." Rage flushed Voltaire's. face. He ~------ were lis own and that he had bh 'Indeed, dear Voltaire, I cannot conceive what yau are about, since you sometimes' take the Vversés of others and pass them off for-your own," . Voltaire protested-that the verses tht moment finished them. "Well," Frederick exclaimed, "however that.may be I have just seen an Englishman who has repeat- ed: them to me as his own writing." 'Voltaire was enraged, but hid his anger. The king then ordered the Englishman. 'brought into 'the roonr and asked Him™to repeat the verges. The Englishman did--word for word. Voltaire flew into a pas- sion, declaring that the Englishman must deal with the devil. For some time Frederick amused himself with the poet's anger, but at last--to save Voltaire's reason--- Frederick told him the truth. Then they all laughed together over this extraordinary Joke In which the memory of one man -apd:the with of another were combined ugainst the Canada's Sons of the Sea The Navy League has 2000 Canadian lads in continuous training for the Sea. 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