Dreaming of Voltaire

I used to walk by this statue of Voltaire every day on my way to the Club Med Gym. 

He (it) is in a small private garden across from one side of the Institute de France.  I think it is at the very top of rue de Seine.  It is one of so many historic places in Paris that makes me feel that I lived here during Voltaire's time. 

Of course, I wouldn't have liked pre-Haussman Paris nearly as much.  But I can still dream.