Voltaire. DeMailla's Histoire Generale de la Chine. Yeats once remarked that
Pound's Confucius sounded like he wore a wig and preached in an 18th century
cathedral, or something like that -- exactly right, in my opinion.

Cordially,

Tim Redman

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>> But I believe Pound's deepest
>> sympathies lie with 18th century political writers.

Whom do you mean? Jefferson & Adams? Who else?

Dave Klopfenstein