The writer praises Pallas Athena for both her military and legislative virtues, contrasting her enlightened influence with the outdated codes of the Levitical laws and the Qur’an. He expresses hope that the northern regions may be enlightened by universal tolerance, as a corrective to the oppressive regimes of the past. The writer laments that a misinformed censor in Paris prevented an important imperial instruction from entering France, attributing the error to the incompetence of lower officials rather than to any national failing.