Thus Voltaire records himself an adulterer, and begs his friend, D'Alembert, to lie for him; his friend replies that he has done so.

Thus the correspondence of the great American herald of the Age of Reason exhibits him drinking a quart of brandy daily at his friend's expense, and refusing to pay his bill for boarding.

In the unguarded freedom of confidential correspondence the vail is taken from the heart.

We see men as they are.

The true man stands out in his native dignity, and the gilding is rubbed off the hypocrite.