[351] "You will go most safely in the middle (way)."
[352] Pierre Joseph Arson was known early in the 19th century for his controversy with Hoëné Wronski the mathematician, whom he attacked in his Document pour l'histoire des grands fourbes qui ont figuré sur la terre (1817-1818).
[353] "We enter the course by night and are consumed by fire."
[354] See Vol. I, page 51, note 3 {51}.
[355] See Vol. I, page 336, note 8 {713}.
[356] See Vol. I, page 137, note 8 {286}.
[357] See Vol. I, page 229, note 2 {515}.
[358] Richard Cobden (1804-1865), the cotton manufacturer and statesman who was prominent in his advocacy of the repeal of the Corn Laws.
[359] James Smith (1775-1839), solicitor to the Board of Ordnance. With his brother Horatio he wrote numerous satires. His Horace in London (1813) imitated the Roman poet. His works were collected and published in 1840.
[360] Samuel Butler (1612-1680), the poet and satirist, author of Hudibras (1663-1678).