Quotes:Volney, Constantin Francois Chassebeuf, Comte de
Boris de Zirkoff
Zirkoff's sketch covers Volney's travels in Egypt and Syria, his role in the Estates-General and Constituent Assembly, his 1791 philosophical essay Les Ruines, his imprisonment during the Jacobin Terror, his later suspicion as a spy during a stay in the United States, and his eventual membership in the Institute of France. See the source page below for the full text.
Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 1, p. 530