Fillmore Progress | 1924-03-14 | Page 4 | Heart of Voltaire Taken from Pedestal of Statue

heart of voltaire taken from pedestal of stu statue irl paris A bronze plate insani the heart of voltaire found 67 ata a pedestal designed for a plaster statue of the great french thinker in the tha national library was removed disclosing a hollow space containing a small wooden box inside this a large gilded wooden eart was found inscribed Il beart edrit of voltaire died paris thirty slay may when the receptacle was shaken a liquid was heard undoubtedly that in which the henrt heart was preserved the minister of fine arts did not open the wooden heart bellit an inscription indicated that the pedestal was doi donated to the nil library by the heirs ot 61 the marquis de villette in