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[Terrance]

Nice to know we have a Quaker or two round here. Anyway, during the
whole of the 18th century, the ways of the Quaker, in terms of both
faith and manners remained virtually unchanged. Voltaire, maybe not
exactly the guy you would expect to say nice things about a sect like
the Quakers, was living in England and was there, let's say because he
was feeling a bit of pressure, and he came to admire these people. His
account is a bit hyperbole, a bit embellishment, at times contrary to
fact, but it is an elegant and witty and useful description nonetheless. 




http://www2.gol.com/users/quakers/voltaire_and_the_quakers.htm

Voltaire's "Lettres Philosophiques," published in 1734, contains four
letters about the
Quakers. I have translated the extract below from the French. It gives a
wonderful picture of the religion of the time. 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1778voltaire-lettres.html