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• when absolutism and feudalism were rallying for their last struggle against the modern spirit, chiefly represented by Voltaire, the Encyclopedists, and Rousseau himself—a
• the man Rousseau as he paints himself in the remarkable work before us.
• Its startling frankness gives it a peculiar interest wanting in most other autobiographies.
• his faults and mistakes were generally due to causes over which he had but little control,
• One would rather, however, dwell on the brighter hues of the picture than on its shadows and blemishes;