I have been thinking it over, and I believe that, all told, I have been fifteen times at rotterdam.
"Landolin"
Berthold Auerbach
He had once told her that his father had often urged him to go to rotterdam with a raft some time, and get acquainted with the daughters of his business friends there, and look around for a wife.
"Landolin"
Berthold Auerbach
He died at rotterdam, 28 Dec 1706. Bayle has been called the father of free discussion in modern times.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler