_Russian "Justice."_--Euler, in his 102nd letter to a German princess,
says:
"Formerly there was no word in the Russian language to express what we
call _justice_. This was certainly a very great defect, as the idea of
justice is of very great importance in a great number of our {75}
judgments and reasonings, and as it is scarcely possible to think of
the thing itself without a term expressive of it. They have,
accordingly, supplied this defect by introducing into that language a
word which conveys the notion of justice."
This letter is dated 14th February, 1761. _Statne nominis umbra?_ An answer
is not needed to this Query. But can nothing be done to rescue from
destruction the precious analytical treasures of Euler, now entombed in the
archives of St. Petersburgh?