APPENDIX A. 



EXTRACTS FROM UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS 

 OF CARNOT. 



I. NOTES. 



LET us first open at the memoranda relating to 

 his daily occupations : 



"Plan in the morning the work of the day, and 

 reflect in the evening on what has been done." 



" Carry when walking a book, and a note-book 

 to preserve the ideas, and a piece of bread in order 

 to prolong the walk if need be." 



"Vary the mental and bodily exercises with 

 dancing, horsemanship, swimming, fencing with 

 sword and with sabre, shooting with gun and pistol, 

 skating, the sling, stilts, tennis, bowls; hop on one 

 foot, cross the arms, jump high and far, turn on 

 one foot propped against the wall, exercise in shirt 

 in the evening to get up a perspiration before going 

 to bed ; turning, joinery, gardening, reading while 

 walking, declamation, singing, violin, versification, 

 musical composition ; eight hours of sleep ; a walk 

 on awakening, before and after eating ; great so- 



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