[Ads-l] "God Helps Those Who Help Themselves"

[James A. Landau]

I seem to recall many moons ago the ADS List had a discussion on the saying in the subject line. 

I found the saying in French in 1634.

https://books.google.com/books?id=q8BRUtzaEVwC&pg=PA40&dq=aide-toi+dieu+t'aidera&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwium8fG2N3iAhWSmlkKHfpqBV8Q6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=aide-toi%20dieu%20t'aidera&f=false

_SECONDE CENTURIE DES QUESTIONS TRAITE'ES EZ CONFERENCES DU BUREAU D'ADDRESSE_  Paris: Bureau d'Adresse, 1636. 

The exact quote appears on page 40 in the report on the Fifty-Fourth Conference "Du Lundi 27 Novemb. 1634" (Monday, 27 November, 1634).

According to Michael Korda _Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee_ np: Success Research Corporation (according to the copyright data, but the book apparently is distributed by HarperCollins), 2014, ISBN 978-0-06-211629-1 page 658, this quotation is from Joan of Arc and was inscribed on the sword that Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

- Jim Landau
 


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