dlcouvertes, revealed, uncovered

3. Non. The negation is evidently suggested by the negative clauses which follow. We should expect Oui.

4. la santd n’est qu’un nom, etc. In this estimate of human life Bossuet and Pascal agree.

Page 133 . — 1. Crains Dieu, etc. Eccles . xii, 13-14.

2. le ndant de l’homme . . . sa grandeur. Cf. Pascal : Pensees , Art. I, pensee 1.

3. la plus illustre assemble de l’univers. This boast was quite true. The French court of 1670 contained more talent and culture than any other of that day.

NOTES

Page 134. — 1. Nous mourons tons, etc. 2 Samuel* iv, 14. The Vulgate counts the two books of Samuel as the first and second books of Kings. The passage cited is where David is persuaded to take back Absalom.

2 . Leurs anndes, etc. A passage of great force and eloquence. Bossuet’s first point is the “ vanity ” of man.