[158] These, i.e., children, babes, and brutes. [159] Four or five. Supply the noun. [160] Nonchalance, a French word meaning indifference, coolness. [161] Pit in the playhouse, formerly, the seats on the floor below the level of the stage. These cheap seats were occupied by a class who did not hesitate to express their opinions of the performances. [162] Eclat, a French word meaning brilliancy of success, striking effect. [163] "Lethe, the river of oblivion."—Paradise Lost. Oblivion, forgetfulness. [164] Who. What is the construction? [165] Nonconformist, one who does not conform to established usages or opinions. Emerson considers conformity and consistency as the two terrors that scare us from self-trust. (See note 182.) [166] Explore if it be goodness, investigate for himself and see if it be really goodness. "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." Paul, I. Thes. v. 21. [167] Suffrage, approval. "What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted? Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just; And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted." Shakespeare, II. Henry VI., III. 2. [168] "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." —Hamlet, ii. 2. [169] Barbadoes, an island in the Atlantic Ocean, one of the Lesser Antilles. The negroes, composing by far the larger part of the population, were formerly slaves. [170] He had rather have his actions ascribed to whim and caprice than to spend the day in explaining them. [171] Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course. [172] Read Emerson's essay on Greatness. [173] The precise man, precisely what kind of man. [174] "By their fruits ye shall know them."—Matthew, vii. 16 and 20. [175] With, notwithstanding, in spite of. [176] Of the bench, of an impartial judge. [177] Bound their eyes with ... handkerchief, in this game of blindman's-buff. [178] "Pin thy faith to no man's sleeve; hast thou not two eyes of thy own?"—Carlyle. [179] Give examples of men who have been made to feel the displeasure of the world for their nonconformity. [180] "Nihil tam incertum nec tam inæstimabile est quam animi multitudinis."—Livy, xxxi. 34. "Mobile mutatur semper cum principe vulgus." Claudianus, De IV. Consul. Honorii, 302. [181] The other terror. The first, conformity, has just been treated. [182] Consistency. Compare, on the other hand, the well-known saying, "Consistency, thou art a jewel." [183] Orbit, course in life. [184] Somewhat, something. [185] See Genesis, xxxix. 12. [186] Pythagoras (fl. about 520 b.c.), a Greek philosopher. His society was scattered and persecuted by the fury of the populace. [187] Socrates (470?-399 b.c.), the great Athenian philosopher, whose teachings are the subject of most of Plato's writings, was accused of corrupting the youth, and condemned to drink hemlock.