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RESPECT OF PERSONS IN THE WORLD TO COME. [To THE

EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J

Six,—In one of Voltaire's short stories, " L'Homme aux Quarante Ecus," there is described a debate among certain theologians as to the soul of Marcus Antoninus, and whither it had gone. The debate on the side of those who held that no worse fate than purgatory had befallen the Emperor, is brought to a climax by the declaration that " there is some respect due to a crowned head,"—" Il ne faut pas le damner