De l’Ame et de la Bête. Anima and Bestia; soûl and

body (hesh, animal). " L' âme’ is the moral nature of

man, the soûl. ^ La bête’ signifies Jes sens, les passions, les appétits matériels,’ and may be rendered, though not well, by ‘ the body.’

5. - Influe. Influer and influencer both mean ‘ to influence,’

but with influer the influence is sufficient only to modify, while with influencer it is strong enough to sway. Hence, we say : U électricité influe sur la végétation. Il s’est laissé influencer par cette faction.