Pasta, one of the famous singers of the day

1. 37. Je me tiens en éqmlibre. A fair enough description of Goethe's life-philosophy. ' Excellent,' just before, is little more than ' kind.'

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V. 52, 1, 3. Vrai . . . beau. Favourite words of Cousin's, who bas ieft a book on Le vrai, le beau et le bien.

1. 21. Conseils d'artiste. A phrase not easy to translate in English exactly, nnless recourse is had to slang. It is nearly = ' professional counsels,' or ' expert advice.'

1. 25. This is, in fact, pretty much Cousin's Eclecticism put in a line.

1. 30. Verve is again untranslatable ; indeed, it bas been practically adopted in English. It means an unrestrained flow of thought and feeling, expressed witb spirit.

1. 33. Beparaître. A référence to the Tablettes du Juif Errant.

P. 53, 1. iS. Ils. Voltaire and his scbool : tout, the old religions, political, and social System of France.

1. 33. Ruiner. Considering that Cousin (see above) had apparently ruined himself, an anxious mother might excusably think him a dangerous companion for an impressionable youth, like Quinet, at the beginning of his career.

P. 54, 1. 5. Étoile, in the metaphorical sensé, not, as often. of ' luck,' but of a definite purpose to follow.

1. 9. Diogène. When he saw a boy drinking from the hollow of his hand.