doctrine = science

5. Les langues, cf. no. 71 of the chapter <<De Quelques Usages" (page m). The first part of this Caractère speaks of the contempt people possess for leaming when applied to practical affairs.

Page 90. — I. ambassadeurs, etc., suggested by the curiosity ezcited at Paris, in 1686, by the ambassadors of the king of Siam.

2. agreste. " Ce terme s'entend ici métaphoriquement." (Author's note.)

Page 91. — I. il, redundant

Page 92. — i. La règle de Descartes, etc., in his Discours de la méthode,

2. Il y dans le monde, etc., portrait of La Fontaine, who was still living (11695).