[258] Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, Lib. II. 78.
[259] De Augmentis Scientiarum, Lib. I.: Works, Vol. IV. p. 34.
[260] There is a sermon by Dr. Price, published in 1787, on The Evidence of a Future Period of Improvement in the State of Mankind.
[261] Journey to the Hebrides: Works (Oxford, 1825), Vol. IX. p. 98.
[262] Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations, p. 34.
[263] Lyell's Principles of Geology (7th ed.), Vol. I. p. 216. Lyell's Travels in North America, Ch. 2. Horner's Anniversary Address, for 1847, before the London Geological Society, pp. 23-27. D'Archiac, Histoire des Progrès de la Géologie, Tom. I. p. 358.
[264] Supplied to me by the late Professor H.D. Rogers, from the notes of his Lectures.
[265] Campbell's Lives of the Lord Chancellors, Vol. II. ch. 40, p. 51.
[266] Essays of Basil Montagu, p. 69.
[267] Aubrey's Letters and Lives, Vol. II. p. 383.