Voltaire Understood
14 May 2007
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
To the Editor:
I share James Lange's disgust at environmentalists who relentlessly complain that corporate contributions to environmental causes are inadequate (Letters, May 14). In his poem "An Apology for Luxury" Voltaire addressed such shrill ingrates:
"For thee the world at work has been/That thou at ease might vent thy spleen."
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
To the Editor:
I share James Lange's disgust at environmentalists who relentlessly complain that corporate contributions to environmental causes are inadequate (Letters, May 14). In his poem "An Apology for Luxury" Voltaire addressed such shrill ingrates:
"For thee the world at work has been/That thou at ease might vent thy spleen."
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Tuesday January 8, 2008 at 10:57am