[205] The real name of ~Voltaire~ was ~Francois Marie Arouet~. The name
Voltaire was assumed in 1718 and is supposed to be an anagram of Arouet
le j(eune).
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[206] See _Function of Criticism, Selections_, p. 36.[Transcriber's
note: This approximates to the section following the text reference for
Footnote 36 in this e-text.]
[207] ~Louis IX of France~ (1215-70), the leader of the crusade of 1248.
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[208] ~The Saturday Review~, begun in 1855, was pronouncedly
conservative in politics. It devoted much space to pure criticism and
scholarship, and Arnold's essays are frequently criticized in its
columns.
[209] He died on the 17th of March, A.D. 180.[Arnold.]
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[210] ~Juvenal's sixth satire~ is a scathing arraignment of the vices
and follies of the women of Rome during the reign of Domitian.
[211] See Juvenal, _Sat._ 3, 76.
[212] Because he lacks an inspired poet (to sing his praises). Horace,
_Odes_, IV, 9, 28.
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[213] ~Avidius Cassius~, a distinguished general, declared himself
Emperor in Syria in 176 A.
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