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Voltaire Testament Parchment |
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Parchment found after his death, sewn into his clothing; evidently transferred over the years from one suit to another
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The year of grace 1654, |
L'an de grâce 1654, |
Monday, 23 November, feast of St. Clement, pope and martyr, and
others in the martyrology. |
Lundi, 23
novembre, jour de saint Clément, pape et martyr, et autres au
martyrologe. |
FIRE. |
FEU. |
GOD of Abraham, GOD of Isaac, GOD of Jacob | « DIEU d'Abraham, DIEU d'Isaac, DIEU de Jacob » |
not of the philosophers
and of the learned. |
non des philosophes et des savants. |
Certitude. Certitude. Feeling. Joy. Peace. | Certitude. Certitude. Sentiment. Joie. Paix. |
GOD
of Jesus Christ. |
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He is only found by the ways taught in the Gospel. | Il ne se trouve que par les voies enseignées dans l'Évangile. |
Grandeur of the human soul. | Grandeur de l'âme humaine. |
Righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you. |
« Père juste, le monde ne t'a point connu, mais je t'ai connu. » |
Joy, joy, joy, tears of joy. | Joie, joie, joie, pleurs de joie. |
I have departed from him: They have forsaken me, the fount of living water. My God, will you leave me? Let me not be separated from him forever. This is eternal life, that they know you, the one true God, and the one that you sent, Jesus Christ. |
Je m'en suis séparé: Dereliquerunt me fontem aquae vivae. « Mon Dieu, me quitterez-vous ? » Que je n'en sois pas séparé éternellement. « Cette est la vie éternelle, qu'ils te connaissent seul vrai Dieu, et celui que tu as envoyé, Jésus-Christ. » |
Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ. |
Jésus-Christ. Jésus-Christ. |
I left him; I fled him,
renounced, crucified. Let me never be separated from him. He is only kept securely by the ways taught in the Gospel: |
Je m'en suis séparé; je l'ai fui, renoncé, crucifié. Que je n'en sois jamais séparé. Il ne se conserve que par les voies enseignées dans l'Évangile: |
Renunciation, total and
sweet. Complete submission to Jesus Christ and to my director. Eternally in joy for a day's exercise on the earth. May I not forget your words. Amen. |
Renonciation totale et douce. Soumission totale à Jésus-Christ et à mon directeur. Éternellement en joie pour un jour d'exercice sur la terre. Non obliviscar sermones tuos. Amen. |
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