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great lords have, so you say, a philosophy of your own, and
for yourselves, which is exquisite, refined, accessible to the
rich alone, good for all sauces, and which seasons the vo-
luptuousness of life admirably. This philosophy has been
extracted from the depths, and unearthed by special seek-
ers. But you are good-natured princes, and you do not think
it a bad thing that belief in the good God should constitute
the philosophy of the people, very much as the goose stuffed
with chestnuts is the truffled turkey of the poor.’