WhenMontesquieupublishedhis "PersianLetters" inwhichtwodistinguishedPersiantravellersturnthewholeexistingsocietyofFrancetopsy-turvyandpokefunateverythingfromthekingdowntothelowestofhissixhundredpastrycooks, thebookimmediatelywentthroughfoureditionsandassuredthewriterthousandsofreadersforhisfamousdiscussionofthe "SpiritoftheLaws" inwhichthenobleBaroncomparedtheexcellentEnglishsystemwiththebackwardsystemofFranceandadvocatedinsteadofanabsolutemonarchytheestablishmentofastateinwhichtheExecutive, , theParisianbook-seller, announcedthatMessieursDiderot, d'Alembert, TurgotandascoreofotherdistinguishedwritersweregoingtopublishanEncyclopaediawhichwastocontain "allthenewideasandthenewscienceandthenewknowledge," theresponsefromthesideofthepublicwasmostsatisfactory, andwhenaftertwenty-twoyearsthelastofthetwenty-eightvolumeshadbeenfinished, thesomewhatbelatedinterferenceofthepolicecouldnotrepresstheenthusiasmwithwhichFrenchsocietyreceivedthismostimportantbutverydangerouscontributiontothediscussionsoftheday.
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