Note 1 — Baneful Domination.

“Among French as well as among English military men, swearing on every trivial occasion was formerly so common that it was considered as quite the proper thing. A witty French author asserted that ‘God Damn était le fonds de la langue anglaise’—the root of the English language! whilst the Vicomte de Parny, an elegant writer, composed a poem in four cantos bearing that profane title. Long before and after the British soldiers ‘swore so dreadfully in Flanders;’ long before and after Cambronne uttered his malodorous ‘juron’ on the field of Waterloo—though it must be confessed in extenuation the incidents of that day were ugly enough to make any of Napoleon’s vieilles moustaches swear most emphatically—swearing was indulged in all over Europe.”—J. M. LeMoine.