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Pascal's "Provincial Letters," exposing the Jesuit system, were among the ablest writings of the age. BASCAL'S PROVINCIAL LETTERS EXPOSING THE JESUIT SYSTEM WERE AMONG THE ABLEST WRITINGS OF THE AGE
us was there given, not only to ornamental but to solid literature. Many of the great men who made France illustrious were either ending or beginning their careers at this time. Memoir writing specially flourished, and the characters of the men and women of the court are known to us on all sides. Cardinal de Retz and the Duke of Rochefoucauld, both deeply engaged in the Fronde, have left, the one memoirs, the other maxims of great power of irony. Mme. de Motteville, one of the queen's ladies, wrote a full history of the court. Blaise Pascal, one of the greatest geniuses of all times, was attaching himself to the Jansenists. This religious party, so called from Jansen, a Dutch priest, whose opinions were imputed to them, had sprung up around the reformed convent of Port Royal, and numbered among them some of the ablest and best men of the time; but the Jesuits considered them to hold false doctrine, and there was a continual debate, ending at length in the persecution of the Jansenists. ER AND A WONDERFUL NEW STIMULUS WAS THERE GIVEN NOT ONLY TO ORNAMENTAL BUT TO SOLID LITERATURE MANY OF THE GREAT MEN WHO MADE FRANCE ILLUSTRIOUS WERE EITHER ENDING OR BEGINNING THEIR CAREERS AT THIS TIME MEMOIR WRITING SPECIALLY FLOURISHED AND THE CHARACTERS OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE COURT ARE KNOWN TO US ON ALL SIDES CARDINAL DE RETZ AND THE DUKE OF HOCHEV FOUQUET BOTH DEEPLY ENGAGED IN THE FOND HAVE LEFT THE ONE MEMOIRS THE OTHER MAXIMS OF GREAT POWER OF IRONY MADAME DE MORTAVILLE ONE OF THE QUEEN'S LADIES WROTE A FULL HISTORY OF THE COURT BLEISE PASCAL ONE OF THE GREATEST GENIUSES OF ALL TIMES WAS ATTACHING HIMSELF TO THE JANSENISTS THIS RELIGIOUS PARTY SO CALLED JANSEN A DUTCH PRIEST WHOSE OPINIONS WERE IMPUTED TO THEM HAD SPRUNG UP AROUND THE REFORMED CONVENT OF PORT ROYAL AND NUMBERED AMONG THEM SOME OF THE ABLEST AND BEST MEN OF THE TIME BUT THE JESUITS CONSIDERED THEM TO HOLD FALSE DOCTRINE AND THERE WAS A CONTINUAL DEBATE ENDING AT LENGTH IN THE PERSECUTION OF THE JANSENISTS
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