[101] P. 75, l. 11. Unus quisque sibi Deum fingit.—See
Book of Wisdom
xv, 6, 16.
[102] P. 76, l. 34. Eighth beatitude.—Matthew
v, 10. It is to the
fourth beatitude
that the thought directly refers.
[103] P. 77, l. 6. One thousand and twenty-eight.—The
number of the
stars according
to Ptolemy’s catalogue.
[104] P. 77, l. 29. Saint Augustine.—Epist. cxx, 3.
[105] P. 78, l. 1. Nisi efficiamini sicut parvuli.—Matthew xviii, 3.
[106] P. 80, l. 20. Inclina cor meum, Deus, in....—Ps. cxix, 36.
[107] P. 80, l. 22. Its establishment.—The
constitution of the
Christian Church.
[108] P. 81, l. 20. The youths and maidens and
children of the Church
would prophesy.—Joel
ii, 28.
[109] P. 83, l. 11. On what, etc.—See Montaigne, Essais, ii, 12.
[110] P. 84, l. 16. Nihil amplius ... est.—Ibid.
Cicero, De
Finibus, v,
21.
[111] P. 84, l. 17. Ex senatus ... exercentur.—Montaigne,
Essais,
iii, 1. Seneca,
Letters, 95.
[112] P. 84, l. 18. Ut olim ... laboramus.—Montaigne,
Essais, iii,
13. Tacitus,
Ann., iii, 25.
[113] P. 84, l. 20. The interest of the sovereign.—The
view of
Thrasymachus in
Plato’s Republic, i, 338.
[114] P. 84, l. 21. Another, present custom.—The
doctrine of the
Cyrenaics.
Montaigne, Essais, iii, 13.
[115] P. 84, l. 24. The mystical foundation of
its
authority.—Montaigne,
Essais, iii, 13. See also ii, 12.
[116] P. 85, l. 2. The wisest of legislators.—Plato.
See Republic,
ii, 389, and v,
459.
[117] P. 85, l. 4. Cum veritatem, etc.—An
inexact quotation from St.
Augustine, De
Civ. Dei, iv, 27. Montaigne, Essais,
ii, 12.
[118] P. 85, l. 17. Veri juris.—Cicero,
De Officiis, iii, 17.
Montaigne, Essais,
iii, I.
[119] P. 86, l. 9. When a strong man, etc.—Luke xi, 21.
[120] P. 86, l. 26. Because he who will, etc.—See
Epictetus, Diss.,
iii, 12.
[121] P. 88, l. 19. Civil wars are the greatest
of evils.—Montaigne,
Essais,
iii, 11.
[122] P. 89, l. 5. Montaigne.—Essais, i, 42.
[123] P. 91, l. 8. Savages laugh at an infant king.—An
allusion to a
visit of some
savages to Europe. They were greatly astonished
to
see grown men
obey the child king, Charles IX. Montaigne,
Essais,
i, 30.
[124] P. 92, l. 8. Man’s true state.—See Montaigne, Essais, i, 54.