Racine writes that he sees from the letter Dr. Heerckens received from Amsterdam (which he sent Racine a copy of) that he has fled from a violent enemy because of his love for Rousseau. Racine advises him not to take Rousseau’s side so warmly because he must avoid literary quarrels. He advises Dr. Heerckens to let people think what they will of Rousseau in Amsterdam and to also let them condemn Racine for having defended him, with Racine adding that he is indifferent to these condemnations. He then references a letter in the journaux de Trévoux, stating that one may think of it what one will but everything in it is true. He ends by saying that if Dr. Heerckens has read the new edition of l’Histoire universelle by Voltaire then he will be indignant at the way in which Voltaire speaks of those who write Latin verse not as poets but as writers using a dead language.