Awatmath.1544 net.general utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!watmath!japlaice Wed Jan 20 11:11:13 1982 Re: net.jokes.q at HOCC Voltaire's ideas preceded those of Americans such as Ben Franklin. A lot of the ideas found in the U.S. Constitution can be found in Voltaire's `Zadig' and `Lettres anglaises'. John Plaice at decvax!watmath. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.