THE WORLDS EPOCH-MAKERS EDITED BY OLIPHANT SMEATON Pascal and The Port Royalists By William Clark, D. D., LL. D., D. C. L., F. R. S. C. PREVIOUS VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES CRANMER AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATION. By A. D. INNES, M. A. WESLEY AND METHODISM. By F. J. SHELL, M. A, LUTHER AND THE GERMAN REFORMATION. By Prof. T. M. LINDSAY, D. D. BUDDHA AND BUDDHISM. By ARTHUR LILLIE. WILLIAM HERSCHEL AND HIS WORK. By JAMES SIME, M. A., F. R. S. E. FRANCIS AND DOMINIC. By Prof. J. HERKLESS, D. D. SAVONAROLA. By Rev. G. M HARDY, D. D. ...
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THE WORLDS EPOCH-MAKERS EDITED BY OLIPHANT SMEATON Pascal and The Port Royalists By William Clark, D. D., LL. D., D. C. L., F. R. S. C. PREVIOUS VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES CRANMER AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATION. By A. D. INNES, M. A. WESLEY AND METHODISM. By F. J. SHELL, M. A, LUTHER AND THE GERMAN REFORMATION. By Prof. T. M. LINDSAY, D. D. BUDDHA AND BUDDHISM. By ARTHUR LILLIE. WILLIAM HERSCHEL AND HIS WORK. By JAMES SIME, M. A., F. R. S. E. FRANCIS AND DOMINIC. By Prof. J. HERKLESS, D. D. SAVONAROLA. By Rev. G. M HARDY, D. D. ANSELM AND HIS WORK. By Rev. A. C. WELCH, M. A., B. D. MUHAMMAD AND HIS POWER. By P. DE LACY JOHNSTONE, M. A. Oxon. ORIGEN AND GREEK PATRISTIC THEOLOGY. By Rev. WILLIAM FAIRWEATHER, M. A. THE MEDICI AND THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. By OLIPHANT SMEATON, M. A. PLATO. By Prof. D. G. RITCHIE, M. A., LL. D. THE WORLDS EPOCH-MAKERS JL 3. SC3.1 and The Port Royalists By William Clark, D. D., LL. D., D. C. L., F. R. S. C. New York. Charles Scribners Sons 1902 PREFACE THE question has often been raised as to whether men are greater than their works or the reverse and a common opinion answers the question in the affirma tive. An eminent French writer of our own days l declares that the reverse of this is true. Almost all men, he maintains, are worth even less than the little which they do and this, he says, is proved by the great trouble they take to do it. Pascal, however, he says, is of the small number of those in whom the man infinitely transcends his actions. The writings of Pascal, he continues, are the finest that France possesses yet they contain nothing of equal value with the Life of Pascal written by his sister in a few pages. It is of such writings and of such a life thatwe have to speak in this volume and it is of un speakable advantage to the student that he should possess a source of information respecting the early days of Pascal of such unquestionable authority. Nearly all that we know of Pascal is derived from 1 M. A. Suards in tlie jRetwe des deux Mondes, 1st July 1900. 6G02G85 VI PREFACE this Life and from his own writings, and especially from the Provincial Letters and the Thoughts. These works have been commented upon, controverted, and defended and there is little to be said on either side which has not been said already. In the present volume Pascal chiefly speaks for himself, and the comments upon his statements are generally brief. It would have been quite easy to expand them to a great length. When we are dealing with such subjects as the Augustinian controversy and the Defence of the Christian Religion, it would be easier to write pages than lines. In this respect the writer has endeavoured to give no more than is necessary for the clearing up of such points as may not be plain to the ordinary reader for whom this book is intended. Some acknowledgment should be made of the debt owing to previous labourers in the same field, and first to the editors of Pascals works. I have used several editions of the Provincials, but special men tion should be made of that of the Abb6 Maynard, of the excellent edition of the Rev. John de Soyres, and the final edition of M. Faugere. With regard to the Thoughts, the obligations of all students to M. Victor Cousin and M, Faugere are incalculable but the editions of Molinier and Havet also deserve grateful mention. It was Molinier who first gave the whole work in its complete and perfect form, and Havet hasarranged the material thus prepared in the most convenient form. The great work on Port Royal PREFACE Vll by M. Sainte Beuve is too well known and too highly esteemed to require more than this mention. The greatness of Pascal lifts him above all ordinary expressions of praise or admiration. He towers above all save the very greatest of the sons of men. It will be a source of satisfaction to the present writer if he shall have helped to make the immortal writings of this great genius known to some who were pre viously unacquainted with them. WILLIAM CLARK...
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