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he blamed the course he had taken. The following is a copy 

 of it: 



"Alexander to Aristotle, prosperity. You did wrong in 

 publishing the acroamatic parts of science. In what shall we 

 differ from others, if the sublimer knowledge which we gained 

 from you be made common to all the world ? For my part, I 

 had rather excel the bulk of mankind in the superior parts of 

 learning than in the extent of power and dominion. Farewell." 

 Plutarch, Life of Alexander, c. 7. Langhorne's Translation. 



1. 27. what use lie had of learning:, to what extent he had pro 

 fited by learning. The Latin translation has ' How well he had 

 cultivated his mind by learning.' 



1. 29. use of science, application of knowledge. 



1. 31. scholastical, pedantic. 



Page 55, 1. 4. Diogenes, see on p. 24, 1. 9. He is the type of 

 those who despise fortune : and Alexander thought, that next to 

 himself, Diogenes was the happiest man in the world. Seneca, 

 on the other hand, thought that the lot of Diogenes was a happier 

 one than that of Alexander, state, determination, solution. 

 The question is whether it is better to be able to supply all our 

 wants, or to have no wants. 



1. 16. out of the depth, etc., the Latin translation adds, ' since 

 deficiency and superfluity, which are expressed by weariness and 

 intemperance, are, as it were, earnests of mortality. ' 



1. 17. liker, more likely. 



1. 18. Democritus, p. 34, 1. 3. 



1. 19. of humanity, etc., showing a knowledge of human nature 

 and of poetry. 



1. 22. this is very blood, the liquid which ran in the veins of 

 the gods was called ichor. Alexander said, " It is mere flattery 

 to call me a god ; I do not bleed ichor, when I am wounded." 



1. 25. logic, i.e., subtlety in argument. In the Latin transla 

 tion it is, 'skill in turning an objector's arguments against 

 himself.' 



1. 30. that was the matter, that is just what has encouraged 

 them to come. They know that, so far away from home, there 

 will be no one to contradict their assertions. 



1. 36. to, we should say * against.' 



Page 56, 1. 2. moved, proposed. 



1. 5. purpose, plan. The word means literally ' something 

 proposed ' : Lat. propo/ritum. 



1. 7. with so good manner as, in such a good manner that. 



1. 10. turn your style, speak on the opposite side. The ' style ' 

 was the instrument with which the Romans wrote on wax. One 



