Enlightenment Satire
Candide, or Optimism
Voltaire • The Masterpiece Satire on Philosophical Optimism
DAILY PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEMPLATION
Chapter XXX • Cultivating Our Garden
"That is well said, replied Candide, but we must cultivate our garden."
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