Excerpt from The Reciprocal Influence of English and French Literature: In the Eighteenth Century England; and that of the writings of English philosophers in France during the eighteenth century, may all be taken as instances Of this. Star to star vibrates light, and nation passes on to nation the light of knowledge and Of thought, while ever, in this interchange Of mind, the good and lasting is preserved, and that which is bad and trivial falls to the ground and dies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.