Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Candide: And Other Romances
You have heard of the horrible event at Lisbon. The town swallowed up in an earthquake, a hundred thousand souls buried in the ruins, Seville damaged, Cadiz submerged. Here is a terrible argument against Optimism. In the midst of such terrible events it is shameful to think of one 's own affairs.
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