[72] “Emancipation is one of his ruling ideas. A great part of the acts of his government bear the impression of it.”—Dupré de St. Maure.
[73] The Russian alphabet; so called because arranged by Bishop Cyril.
[74] By William Penn. At the special desire of Alexander, the Countess Metchersky translated it into Russ.
[75] Kohl.
[76] From a speech made by Alexander at a meeting of the Frankfort Bible Society.
[77] Dissenters.
[78] Let the thoughtful student read the whole passage from which these lines are taken. The story of Arthur, as the Laureate has transfigured and interpreted it for us, sheds a ray of light upon that of Alexander.
[79] This answer was really given by a child of his age, the little son of Madame de Choiseul-Gouffier.
[80] The army which Russia, in common with the other Allied Powers, left in France after the peace of 1815. It was withdrawn in the latter part of 1818.
[81] Words used by Alexander to a young Protestant missionary whom the Englishman, Lewis Way, brought to see him.