dans leur figure naturelle, in their naturalform

29. voici venir le médecin, hère cornes the doctor. 113. — 1. Le mot profond de Goethe, the profound remark of Goethe. See page 68, 11. 34 et seq.

7. Il faut qu'ils ne l'aient pas comprise, they cannot hâve understood it. Note again that the forms of falloir should not generally be literally rendered in English.

24. A l'entendre, according to him. Lit., 'to hear him.' ■ 114, — 1. que celle de Pandore, that of Pandora. Note the use of que, redundant in translation, to point out more definitely the true subject, for voilà is équivalent to c'est, and thus the subject is really replaced by the impersonal ce, implïed in voilà. See Less. 46, i. Note 3. 3. Touchez là, shake hands.

10. en bambin que j'étais, baby as Iwas. Bambin, froœ the Italian bambino, with the same meaning.

16. On admirait que ... il gardât, one wondered that it should préserve. For this and the following subjunctives, see Less. 55, xviii. (6).

26. philosophe pyrrhonien, Pyrrhonian philosopher. Pyrrhon, a Greek philosopher of the fourth century, who denied that man can discover truth; to every

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proposition, he said, may be opposed another which is equally tenable. The allusion to the hesitating character of the father of our hero, with his " eternal : ' que sais-je, enfin f " is obvious. See page 54, line 24. 115. — 3. voilà comme il faut, that is the way.

4. pour peu que vous vous y preniez, ifonly you go about it. More lit., 'however little you betake yourself to it.' Note the subjunctive after pour . . . que, and see Less. 56, 3.