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early course of the French Eevolution, especially in 

 relation to the speculations of the theorists ; the 

 declaration of the rights of man in 1789 is followed 

 by parallels from Mably's Droits et Devoirs du Citoyen 

 and De la Legislation, and by a full transcript of the 

 1793 Declaration, with notes on Robespierre's speech 

 at the Convention a fortnight later. There are 

 copious notes from Dunoyer, who is quoted in the 

 article, while the references to Eocquain's Esjmt 

 Rivolutionnaire led to an English translation of the 

 work being undertaken, to which he contributed a 

 short preface in 1891. 



It was the same with other studies. He loved to 

 visualise his object clearly. The framework of what 

 he wished to say would always be drawn out first. In 

 any historical matter he always worked with a map. 

 In natural history he well knew the importance of 

 studying distribution and its bearing upon other 

 problems ; in civil history he would draw maps to 

 illustrate either the conditions of a period or the 

 spread of a civilising nation. For instance, among 

 sketches of the sort Avhich remain, I have one of the 

 Hellenic world, marked off in 25-mile circles from 

 Delos as centre ; and a similar one for the Phoenician 

 world, starting from Tyre. Sketch maps of Palestine 

 and Mesopotamia, with notes from the best authorities 

 on the geography of the two countries, belong in all 

 probability to the articles on "The Flood" and 

 "Hasisadra's Adventure." To realise clearly the size, 

 position, and relation of the parts to the whole, was 



