Also Mother of France, from whom we
Steadfastly expect the honour of our country.
[78]. This sonnet seems too unintelligible for translation.—Trans.
[79]. For translation, see [Appendix IV].
[80]. The quicker it goes the longer it lasts.
[81]. All styles are good except the wearisome style.
[82]. All styles are good except that which is not understood, or which fails to produce its effect.
[83]. An apparatus exists by means of which a very sensitive arrow, in dependence on the tension of a muscle of the arm, will indicate the physiological action of music on the nerves and muscles.
[84]. There is in Moscow a magnificent “Cathedral of our Saviour,” erected to commemorate the defeat of the French in the war of 1812.—Trans.
[85]. “That they may be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us.”