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First, then, it is to be considered that, whether we look to countries Christian or heathen, we find the state of literature there as little satisfactory as it is in these islands; so that, whatever are our difficulties here, they are not worse than those of Catholics all over the world. I would not indeed say a word to extenuate the calamity, under which we lie, of having a literature formed in Protestantism; still, other literatures have disadvantages of their own; and, though in such matters comparisons are impossible, I doubt whether we should be better pleased if our English Classics were tainted with licentiousness, or defaced by infidelity or scepticism. I conceive we should not much mend matters if we were to exchange literatures with the French, Italians, or Germans. About Germany, however, I will not speak; as to 去书内
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    首先，无论我们看基督教国家还是异教徒国家，我们都会发现那里的文学状况与这些岛屿一样令人不满意；因此，无论我们在这里遇到什么困难，它们都不会比世界各地的天主教徒更糟糕。我确实不会说一句话来减轻我们所遭受的灾难，即新教文学的形成；然而，其他文献也有各自的缺点；而且，尽管在这些事情上不可能进行比较，但我怀疑，如果我们的英国经典被放荡所玷污，或者被不忠或怀疑所玷污，我们是否应该更高兴。我想，如果我们和法国人、意大利人或德国人交换文献，我们不应该有太大的改善。然而，关于德国，我不会发言；就法国而言，它有伟大的宗教作家；与其他文学作品相比，它的古典戏剧，即使是喜剧，也是无与伦比的；但是，在那些如此历史悠久、重要、丰富多彩、才华横溢的作家中，有谁能像伏尔泰那样，对每一件神圣、可敬或高尚的事情都嗤之以鼻呢？卢梭虽然没有伏尔泰的自命不凡，但也不能被排除在法国古典作家之外。同样，天才帕斯卡在他的文学名声主要建立在这部作品上，他并不赞成

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