[114] For Rabelais, [see p. 67 supra].
In the notes to the Cambridge edition of the Thoughts Locke’s advice on physical education is discussed and compared with the results of modern science by Dr. J. F. Payne.
[115] “Examinations directed, as the paper examinations of the numerous examining boards now flourishing are directed, to finding out what the pupil knows, have the effect of concentrating the teacher’s effort upon the least important part of his function.” Mark Pattison in N. Quart. M., January, 1880.
[116] Michelet (Nos fils, chap. ij. ad f. p. 170), says of Montaigne’s essay: “c’est déjà une belle esquisse, vive et forte, une tentative pour donner, non l’objet, le savoir, mais le sujet, c’est l’homme.”
[117] Pope seems to contrast Montaigne and Locke:
“But ask not to what doctors I apply!
“Sworn to no master, of no sect am I:
“As drives the storm, at any door I knock,
“And house with Montaigne now, or now with Locke.”
Satires iij., 26.