. . I have not taken fifteen minutes
recreation for more than three years."
[3] Chevremont, I., pp. I and 2. His family, on the father's side,
was Spanish, long settled in Sardinia. The father, Dr. Jean Mara,
had abandoned Catholicism and removed to Geneva where he married a
woman of that city; he afterwards established himself in the canton of
Neufchatel.
[4] "Journal de la R?publique Fran?aise" No.98, description of "l'Ami
du peuple" by himself.
[5] Read his novel "Les Aventures du jeune comte Potowski," letter 5,
by Lucile: "I think of Potowski only. My imagination, inflamed at the
torch of love, ever presents to me his sweet image." Letter of
Potowski after his marriage. "Lucile now grants to love all that
modesty permits . . . enjoying such transports of bliss, I believe
that the gods are jealous of my lot."
[6] Preface, XX. "Descartes, Helvetius, Haller, Lelat all ignored
great principles; Man, with them, is an enigma, an impenetrable
secret." He says in a foot-note, "We find evidence of this in the
works of Hume, Voltaire, Bonnet, Racine and Pascal."
[7] "M?moires Acad?miques sur la Lumi?re," pref., VII. -- He
especially opposes "the differential refrangibility of heterogeneous
rays" which is "the basis of Newton's theory.
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