What cannot Art and Industry perform,
When Science plans the progress of their toil!
At Fernay we visited the Château, so long celebrated as the residence of Voltaire. It is now the property and residence of M. de Boudet, who, as we were informed, has made great improvements in the place since it has come into his possession.
The saloon and bed-chamber of Voltaire are, however, preserved in exactly the same state as when he occupied them. There are a few portraits of his friends, and under his bust is this inscription:
"Son esprit est partout et son cœur est ici."
"His genius is every where, but his heart is here."
His Cenotaph, as it is called, has a miserably mean appearance, and bears this inscription:
"Mes mânes sont consolés puisque mon cœur
"Est au milieu de vous."