23 The Dutch florin is worth about two shillings. 24 A span of horses means a team or pair of /matches/ for a carriage. 25 A livre is equal to about 10½d. English. 26 See Mercantile Morals, chap. iv. 27 See Dr. Boardman's "Bible in the Counting-House," p. 132. 28 /Hunt's Merchant's Magazine/, quoted in Boardman's "Bible in the Counting-House." 29 Psalm ii. 9-11. 30 "Ubi tres Medici, duo Athei." 31 Lectures on Medical Missions, Lect. V., by Dr. G. Wilson. 32 Gouge, in his "Surest and Safest Way of Thriving," tells of an eminent physician of his day, Dr. Bathurst, that "all his Lord's-day fees were kept as a bank for the poor." 33 See this quotation from the "The Licence of Counsel," in Whately's Rhetoric. Part II., chap. iii. 34 See Archbishop Whately's Rhetoric. Part II., chap. iii. 35 See Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors, vol. ii. pp. 429, 430. 36 Campbell, vol. ii. p. 307. 37 Memoirs of the Lives of Robert Haldane, and James A. Haldane, p. 132. 38 See Lives of the Haldanes, pp. 128, 129. 39 Gen. xlix. 6. 40 1 Cor. v. 9-11. 41 It was Voltaire. 42 Sir Walter Scott. The closing chapter of his Life by J. G. Lockhart ranks among the most melancholy and instructive portions of our literature. Could aught but a divine power undeceive the sons of men, these chapters might undeceive them. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES ------------------- 1 'Edinburg' replaced with 'Edinburgh' 2 'Boerhave' replaced with 'Boerhaave' 3 'dependents' replaced with 'dependants' for consistency 4 'uare taght' replaced with 'are taught' 5 Numeral 'I.' missing in text. 6 'engulphing' replaced with 'ingulfing' for consistency 7 'dishallowed'replaced with 'disallowed' 8 'its' replaced with 'it' 9 'enterprize' replaced with 'enterprise' 10 Meaning 'load', it measured about 120 cubic feet varying by the item measured and changing over time 11 'enterprize' replaced with 'enterprise' 12 'controling' replaced with 'controlling' 13 Quotations marks corrected based on original source in Footnote 37. 14 'stedfast' replaced with 'steadfast' for consistency 15 'respects' replaced with 'respect' 16 'MILLENIUM' replaced with 'MILLENNIUM' End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Lamp to the Path, by W. K. Tweedie