While trying to improve my writing by copying this hard-to-grasp piece (well it was from old French and rather deep) I had long thinks and guesses before I guessed "admirable"; my dictionary has an 'a' at the start — which is inconsistent with "admire".  Voltaire's use of "dominated" was probably better in the original.  And I had to strain my mind to come to terms with "to make your mind".

And I'll have to write it out many more times before I get my writing to be 'improving'.

N.B. I did not get any emails this time — perhaps I have changed my profile somehow.