[380] See Vol. I, page 149, note 1 {323}, also text on same page. [381] See Vol. I, page 44, note 9 {34}, also text, Vol. I, page 110. [382] "Penitential seat." [383] "Well placed upon the cushion." [384] See Vol. II, page 58, note 109. [385] "He has lost the right of being influenced by evidence." [386] "Hung up." [387] "A few things to the wise, nothing to the unlettered." [388] The fallacy results from dividing both members of an equation by 0, x - 1 being the same as 1 - 1, and calling the quotients finite. [389] "If you order him to the sky he will go." [390] _Similia similibus curanter_, "Like cures like," the homeopathic motto. [391] "Without harm to the proprieties." [392] "What are you doing? I am standing here." [393] Lors feist l'Anglois tel signe. La main gausche toute ouverte il leva hault en l'aer, puis ferma au poing les quatres doigtz d'icelle et le poulce estendu assit sus la pinne du nez. Soubdain apres leva la dextre toute ouverte, et toute ouverte la baissa, joignant la poulce au lieu que fermait le petit doigt de la gausche, et les quatre doigtz d'icelle mouvoit lentement en l'aer. Puis au rebours feit de la dextre ce qu'il avoit faict de la gausche, et de la gausche ce que avoit faict de la dextre.--A. De M. [394] _Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re_, "Gentle in manners, firm in action." [395] See Vol. I, page 101, note 4 {174}. [396] See Vol. I, page 315, note 3 {686}. [397] Henry Fawcett (1833-1884) became totally blind in 1858, but in spite of this handicap he became professor of political economy at Cambridge and sat in parliament for a number of years. He championed the cause of reform and in particular he was prominent in the protection of the native interests of India. The establishing of the parcels post (1882) took place while he was postmaster general (1880-1884). [398] Of course the whole thing depends upon what definition of division is taken. We can multiply 2 ft. by 3 ft. if we define multiplication so as to allow it, or 2 ft. by 3 lb, getting foot-pounds, as is done in physics. [399] Richard Milward (1609-1680), for so the name is usually given, was rector of Great Braxted (Essex) and canon of Windsor. He was long the amanuensis of John Selden, and the _Table Talk_ was published nine years after Milward's death, from notes that he left. Some doubt has been cast upon the authenticity of the work owing to many of the opinions that it ascribes to Selden. [400] John Selden (1584-1654) was a jurist, legal antiquary, and Oriental scholar. He sat in the Long Parliament, and while an advocate of reform he was not an extremist. He was sent to the Tower for his support of the resolution against "tonnage and poundage," in 1629. His _History of Tythes_ (1618) was suppressed at the demand of the bishops. His _De Diis Syriis_ (1617) is still esteemed a classic on Semitic mythology. [401] See Vol. I, page 42, note 4 {24}. [402] See Vol. II, page 249, note 398.