[310]. 2nd ed., p. 280; 7th ed., p. 173, top. The remark savours of paradox.
[311]. Ibid. p. 280, foot; 7th ed., p. 173.
[312]. Ibid. p. 281; 7th ed., p. 173.
[313]. See above, p. 127.
[314]. Compare above on “oscillations,” p. 147, and below, Bk. II. chs. ii. and iii.
[315]. Essay, 7th ed., Bk. II. chs. vi., vii.
[316]. 2nd ed., p. 285; 7th ed., p. 175.
[317]. 2nd ed., p. 296; cf. 7th ed., p. 182 n. “Indeed in adopting Sir F. d’Ivernois’s calculations respecting the actual loss of men during the Revolution, I never thought myself borne out by facts, but the reader will be aware that I adopted them rather for the sake of illustration than from supposing them strictly true.”
[318]. 7th ed., p. 188.
[319]. 7th ed., p. 176; cf. p. 175.