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Transcriber's Note.
The following errors in the original text have been corrected in this
version:
Page 20: Mind on Man changed to Mind of Man
Page 21: Le Notre changed to Le Notre
Page 44: empirist changed to empiricist
Page 75: Fenelon; changed to Fenelon;
Page 99: metaphysicans changed to metaphysicians
Page 117: [Greek: ektasis] changed to [Greek: ekstasis]
Page 136: added missing comma after receives warmth
Page 165: resume changed to resume
Page 182: exquiste changed to exquisite
Page 184: monarh changed to monarch
Page 245: missing semi-colon added after duty and right
Page 268: destrnction changed to destruction
Page 270: depeudere changed to dependere
Page 321: missing quotation mark added after because it is just.
Page 327: inaccesible changed to inaccessible
Page 356: iufinite changed to infinite
Page 360: sinee changed to since
Page 363: extravagauce changed to extravagance
Page 366: obsconditus changed to absconditus
Page 374: Nonveau changed to Nouveau
Allemange changed to Allemagne
Page 399: analysist changed to analyst