[8] The third lecture in Sesame and Lilies.
[9] That no reference should be made to religious questions.
[10] I have sometimes been asked what this means. I intended it to set forth the wisdom of men in war contending for kingdoms, and what follows to set forth their wisdom in peace, contending for wealth.
[11] The translator of Marcus Aurelius whom Arnold quotes.
[12] From the Poetical Works of George Meredith; copyright 1897, 1898, by George Meredith; published by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Reprinted by permission of the publishers.
[13] Published by the Macmillan Company, and here reprinted through their courtesy.
[14] From Society and Solitude.
[15] From The Conduct of Life.
[16] From The Conduct of Life.
[17] “Everything which pertains to the human species, considered as a whole, belongs to the order of physical facts. The greater the number of individuals, the more does the influence of the individual will disappear, leaving predominance to a series of general facts dependent on causes by which society exists, and is preserved.”—Quetelet.