40. See also ibid., iii, 10.

[76] P. 48, l. 8. _I know not what (Corneille)._--See _Medee,_ II, vi, and _Rodogune_, I, v. [77] P. 48, l. 22. _In omnibus requiem quaesivi._--Eccles. xxiv, II, in the Vulgate. [78] P. 50, l. 5. _The future alone is our end._--Montaigne, _Essais_, i, 3. [79] P. 50, l. 14. _Solomon._--Considered by Pascal as the author of Ecclesiastes. [80] P. 50, l. 20. _Unconscious of approaching fever._--Compare Montaigne, _Essais_, i, 19. [81] P. 50, l. 22. _Cromwell._--Cromwell died in 1658 of a fever, and not of the gravel. The Restoration took place in 1660, and this fragment was written about that date. [82] P. 50, l. 28. _The three hosts._--Charles I was beheaded in 1649; Queen Christina of Sweden abdicated in 1654; Jean Casimir, King of Poland, was deposed in 1656. [83] P. 50, l. 32. _Macrobius._--A Latin writer of the fifth century. He was a Neo-Platonist in philosophy. One of his works is entitled _Saturnalia_. [84] P. 51, l. 5. _The great and the humble_, etc.--See Montaigne, _Essais_, ii, 12. [85] P. 53, l. 5. _Miton._--A man of fashion in Paris known to Pascal. [86] P. 53, l. 15. _Deus absconditus._--Is. xiv, 15. [87] P. 60, l. 26. _Fascinatio nugacitatis._--Book of Wisdom iv, 12. [88] P. 61, l. 10. _Memoria hospitis_, etc.--Book of Wisdom v, 15. [89] P. 62, l. 5. _Instability._--Compare Montaigne, _Essais_, iii, 12. [90] P. 66, l. 19. _Foolishness, stultitium._--I Cor. i, 18. [91] P. 71, l. 5. _To prove Divinity from the works of nature._--A traditional argument of the Stoics like Cicero and Seneca, and of rationalist theologians like Raymond Sebond, Charron, etc. It is the argument from Design in modern philosophy. [92] P. 71, l. 27. _Nemo novit_, etc.--Matthew xi, 27. In the Vulgate, it is _Neque patrem quis novit_, etc. Pascal's biblical quotations are often incorrect. Many seem to have been made from memory. [93] P. 71, l. 30. _Those who seek God find Him._--Matthew vii, 7. [94] P. 72, l. 3. _Vere tu es Deus absconditus._--Is. xiv, 15. [95] P. 72, l. 22. _Ne evacuetur crux Christi._--I Cor. i, 17. In the Vulgate we have_ut non_ instead of _ne_. [96] P. 72, l. 25. _The machine._--A Cartesian expression. Descartes considered animals as mere automata. According to Pascal, whatever does not proceed in us from reflective thought is a product of a necessary mechanism, which has its root in the body, and which is continued into the mind in imagination and the passions. It is therefore necessary for man so to alter, and adjust this mechanism, that it will always follow, and not obstruct, the good will. [97] P. 73, l. 3. _Justus ex fide vivit._--Romans i, 17. [98] P. 73, l. 5. _Fides ex auditu._--Romans x, 17. [99] P. 73, l. 12. _The creature._--What is purely natural in us. [100] P. 74, l. 15. _Inclina cor meum, Deus._--Ps. cxix, 36. [101] P. 75, l. 11. _Unus quisque sibi Deum fingit._--See Book of Wisdom xv, 6, 16. [102] P. 76, l. 34. _Eighth beatitude._--Matthew v, 10. It is to the fourth beatitude that the thought directly refers. [103] P. 77, l. 6. _One thousand and twenty-eight._--The number of the stars according to Ptolemy's catalogue. [104] P. 77, l. 29. _Saint Augustine._--_Epist._ cxx, 3. [105] P. 78, l. 1. _Nisi efficiamini sicut parvuli._--Matthew xviii, 3. [106] P. 80, l. 20. _Inclina cor meum, Deus, in_....--Ps. cxix, 36. [107] P. 80, l. 22. _Its establishment._--The constitution of the Christian Church. [108] P. 81, l. 20. _The youths and maidens and children of the Church would prophesy._--Joel ii, 28. [109] P. 83, l. 11. _On what_, etc.--See Montaigne, _Essais_, ii, 12. [110] P. 84, l. 16. _Nihil amplius ... est._--Ibid. Cicero, _De Finibus_, v, 21. [111] P. 84, l. 17. _Ex senatus ... exercentur._--Montaigne, _Essais_, iii, 1. Seneca, _Letters_, 95. [112] P. 84, l. 18. _Ut olim ... laboramus._--Montaigne, _Essais_, iii,