[Footnote 46: From the "History of the French Revolution."]
[Footnote 47: Jean Paul Marat, a physician, was the most radical of
the Jacobins and had been a leader in the overthrow of the Girondists
on June 2, 1793. He was assassinated by Charlotte Corday on July 18 of
the same year.]
[Footnote 48: From "Past and Present."]
[Footnote 49: From "Heroes and Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in
History."]
[Footnote 50: From "Sartor Resartus."]
[Footnote 51: From "Past and Present."]
[Footnote 52: From the essay on Lockhart's "Life of Scott,"
contributed to the _London and Westminster Review_ in 1838.]
[Footnote 53: A reference apparently to Carlo Broschi, an Italian
soprano, whom Grove's "Dictionary" describes as "the most remarkable
singer perhaps who has ever lived." He was born in 1705 and died in
1782.]
[Footnote 54: From the essay on Croker's edition of Boswell's "Life of
Johnson," contributed to _Frazer's Magazine_ in 1832.]
[Footnote 55: From the essay on Burns contributed to the _Edinburgh
Review_ in 1828.]