[116] Saint Simon, Mémoires, Tome IX. 83.
[117] Entretiens sur les Sciences, p. 197.
[118] For the Little Schools of Port Royal, see a recent account by Carré (Revue Pédagogique, 1883, Nos. 2 and 8).
[119] No more pathetic piece of history has ever been written than that which relates the vindictive and relentless persecution of the peaceful and pious solitaries of Port Royal: “The house was razed to the ground, and even the very foundations ploughed up. The gardens and walks were demolished; and the dead were even torn from their graves, that not a vestige might be left to mark the spot where this celebrated institution had stood.”—Lancelot’s Tour to La Grande Chartreuse, p. 243. See also Narrative of the Demolition of Port Royal (London, 1816). (P.)
[120] Du choix et de la méthode des études.
[121] See Cousin, Jacqueline Pascal, p. 262.
[122] Version: translation from Latin or Greek into French. Theme: translation of French into Latin or Greek. (P.)