[608] "All is in all."
[609] "Know one thing and refer everything else to it," as it is often translated.
[610] A writer of no reputation.
[611] Sir John Lubbock (1803-1865), banker, scientist, publicist, astronomer, one of the versatile men of his time.
[612] See note [165], page [99].
[613] "Those about to die salute you."
[614] Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (1707-1788), the well-known biologist. He also experimented with burning mirrors, his results appearing in his Invention des miroirs ardens pour brûler à une grande distance (1747). The reference here may be to his Resolution des problèmes qui regardent le jeu du franc carreau (1733). The prominence of his Histoire naturelle (36 volumes, 1749-1788) has overshadowed the credit due to him for his translation of Newton's work on Fluxions.
[615] See page [285]. This article was a supplement to No. 14 in the Athenæum Budget.—A. De M.
[616] There are many similar series and products. Among the more interesting are the following:
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