[891] In the original ouvrier. See page [159], note 314.
[892] Similar ideas as those expressed in the above paragraph are to be found in a sermon “On Providence” preached by Bossuet at the Louvre in 1662, which was not printed until long after he and La Bruyère were dead. But as the two men were great friends, it is not unlikely that our author may have heard them expressed by the eloquent pulpit orator, either in private conversation or in a sermon.
[893] See the chapter “Of Opinions,” page [364], § 104.
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