se peignait à lui-même, depieted to himself

15. qu'il en fût autrement, thnt it should he o^herwise, Note always this constant use of en, *of it,' *about it,* which is rednndant in the more loosely constnicted Englîsh, but cannot properly be called so in French, which is the spécial language for the précise expression of thought. 31. où, to which. Note that oô, •'where,' is frequently used for a pronoun governed by a préposition.

75.— 3. Schopenhauer, a German philosopher (1788-1860), follower of Kant; bnses his philosophy on the wiU: "La volonté voilà la substance du monde." He was a noted pessimist.

4. il trouva pitoyable, he found pUifuL And why? They suggested to him too vividly his own condition,

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on the "brink of the abyss'' as he felt hîmself to be.

75»— 7. elle pouvait, elle devait venir, she might, she mua corne.