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Original Citation
Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 12.
Current Citation
Voltaire. Candide, edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, ch. 12.
France
Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 12.
Voltaire. Candide, edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, ch. 12.
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