2 Verbs to Use for the Word voltaire

One day, as I sat waiting for him, I took up the Voltaire.

"Science would decide for D'Alembert, Nature [would] say Buffon; Wit and Taste [would] present Voltaire; and Sentiment plead for Rousseau; but Genius and Humanity cry out for De l'Epee, and him I call the best and greatest of human creatures."Th.

2 Verbs to Use for the Word  voltaire