Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Whiringa-ā-rangi 1755, ka ngaro tana tama kotahi me tana hunaonga i a rāua i te wa i horomia ai e te tsunami i te ruu o Lisbon
i a rātou e noho ana ki Cadiz i Paniora. Ko tenei aitua, i whakamaumaharahia e te kaitito French a Écouchard-Lebrun, e kiia ana kua pakaru te wairua o Racine. I hokona e ia tana whare pukapuka nui, i mutu tana tuhituhi, a, i whakatapua ia inaianei ki te mahi whakapono. I tenei wa ka tuhia e Racine tana mahi whakamutunga i whakaputaina, he tuhinga mo te tamaiti mohoao rongonui o te rautau 18 o France a Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc i uiuihia e ia, i tuhia hoki i roto i tana poem whakaaro nui "L'Épître II sur l'homme" (1747) ("Tuarua Epistle on Man").