Denis Diderot: Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville

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Denis Diderot: Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville

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Abstract

He was the father of a large family. On the arrival of the Europeans, he cast looks of disdain at them, showing neither astonishment, fright, nor curiosity. They came up to him: he turned his back on them and retired into his cabin. His silence and his anxiety revealed his thoughts too well. He groaned within himself over the happy days of his country, now for ever eclipsed.