Entièrement, ' as a whole

1. 21. Cousin changed his style later on, and went a long way from the naked simplicity hère described.

1. 30. This leiter (not given hère) is very similar in characterto others. It announces, in a lofty tone, Quinet's contempt for glor}', and his conviction that ' je vais où va l'univers.' Madame Quinet probably found the contempt prématuré, and would hâve preferred his going somewhere where he could draw a quai terly stipend.

1. 35. Kantisme. Of which Cousin was supposed to be an apostle.

P. 55, 1. 24. Mon cercle. ' My range,' or, as we sometimes say, * my circle of vision.'

1. 37. Se confondre, * exhaust himself; ' ' take every possible means.' The phrase is most common in * se confondre en excuses.'

P. 56, 1. 2. Betour. Quinet may hâve used this Mord in either of two sensés, 'retort' or 'reflexion.' In the first case it may mean 'I need not try to answer you sarcastically ; ' in the second ' There is nothing in his career which gives occasion for sarcastic comment.'