p 359 | pecus: Latin for "cattle, sheep, livestock."
p 361 | Emmaus: Luke's Gospel says that Jesus appeared (after his death & resurrection), before two of his disciples while they were on the road to Emmaus.
p 361 | The Sorbonne: Higher education reorganized considerably
in France from 1885-96; new universal
disciplines were created, often on the German model (Storrock).p 363 | Trilby: A soft felt men's hat with a deeply indented crown and a narrow brim often upturned at the back. Un smoking is a tuxedo or dinner jacket. Top Hat=>
p 364 | Princesse de Caprarola: a made-up title, character name; Caprarola is a city in central Italy.
p 370 | Abel-Francois Villemain (1790-1870), critic, Sorbonne professor, politician, Academician.
p 371 | douceur de vivre: the sweetness of living. Pococurantism = indifference, nonchalance, lack of concern.
p 372 | Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), bishop, statesman, diplomat & political survivor.
p 372 | Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613-7), Cardinal de Retz, was powerful in both the church and the state; some famous memoirs.
p 372 | Struggle-for-lifer was an English phrase derived from the Darwinism of the late 19th century.
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