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FOOTNOTES: 

[A] I was once trying to convince an eminent prelate—­one of the most learned and liberal of his order, and even then close to the red hat—­of the importance of admitting laymen to certain State functions.  “All right,” said he, “from your point of view; but still I shall oppose it always, tooth and nail; for, if they come in, we must go out.”

[B] Dr. Lieber, in his “Reminiscences of Niebuhr,”—­a delightful book of a delightful class,—­records the great historian’s testimony in favor of Italian Latin.

[C] This is a metrical version of the following passage of the “Scaligeriana":—­“Les Allemans ne se soucient pas quel vin ils boivent pourvu que ce soit vin, ni quel Latin ils parlent pourvu que ce soit Latin.”

[D] Need we say that this gentleman is a member of the French Academy, a librarian of the Mazarin Library, and the well-known author of “Mademoiselle de la Seigliere,” “La Maison de Penarvan,” “Sacs et Parchemins,” etc.?