De Lacretelle writes that he has just read an articel in the Journal des Débats written by a ‘wide-awake muse’. He adds that he likes the generous anger against the defamers of Voltaire and says that he enjoys seeing that there is still a brilliant and passionate defender of ‘this poor 18th century which Barbarians have drowned in blood and which other Barbarians want to bury in mud.’ He concedes that he is far from being comparable to Voltaire and Diderot and that there is an old quarrel between himself and Jules Janin. De Lacretelle continues by saying that Diderot has created a dreadful word which surpasses in cynicism and atrocity what language and ‘the revolutionary reign’ have produced. He concludes by saying that he would like to have the recipient as a secon in the ‘little war’ attempted in the name of deepest friendship.