Calendar: 1848-1849 Page 243

GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE 241 Give some account of Oxenstiern Richelieu Mazarin Of what mouarehs were they ministers When was the Edict of Nantes made and by whom and when was it revoked What were the effects of the revocation on France and England What were the relations of England with Holland during the reign of Charles II What was the plea for the Bill of Exclusion Upon what grounds does the Act of Settlement place the succession of William to the crown Write an Essay on the connexion between the Civil Wars and the Revolution in 1G88 IV -Co be trnnsIatrH into En tin While the honest knight was thus bewildering himself in good starts looked attentively upon him which made him thought collect his mind little "What aim at says he "is to represent that am of opinion to polish our understandings and neglect our manners is of all things the most inexcusable Reason should govern passion but instead of that you see it is often subservient to it and as unaccountable as one would think it wise man is not always good man This degeneracy is not only the guilt of particular persons but also at some times of whole people and perhaps it may appear upon examination that ihe most polite ages are the least virtuous This may be attri- buted to the folly of admitting wit and learning as merit iu themselves without considering the application of them By this means it becomes rule not so much to regard what we do as how we do it But this false beauty will not pass upon men of honest minds and true taste Sir Richard BSackinore says with as much good sense as virtue It is mighty dishonour and shame to employ excellent faculties and abundance of wit to humour and lease men in their vices and follies