venir de nous-mêmes, ' spring out of our very selves

177* tout, invar, though beforean adj. fem., because the h in humaine is not aspirate, but mute.

178. sans palme oéleste, ' without heavenly palm,' ùe, without a reward in heaven.

180. Telle qu'elle est, son culte . . . ' Such as this virtue is, its worship . . .' This sentence is not strictly grammatical ; elle {est) referring loosely to the elle contained in son (culte), This construction is exceptional in French.