[1]. Dare to be wise.

[2]. The Greek word means, as is known, love of wisdom.

[3]. Bestimmbarkeit.

[4]. Bestimmung.

[5]. Lessing’s play, “Nathan the Wise,” act i. scene 3.

[6]. See “Æneid,” ii. 213–215.

[7]. Ibid, 216–217.

[8]. Pope’s “Iliad,” Book XIV. v. 225.

[9]. Art can make use of a proper solemnity. Its object is only to prepare the mind for something important. When the poet is anxious to produce a great impression he tunes the mind to receive it.