CHAPTER XV.

1766-1767. ÆT. 55-56.

Rousseau at Wooton--Mr. Davenport--Negotiations as to Rousseau's pension--Origin and rise of his excitement against Hume--Proper method of viewing the dispute--Incidents illustrative of Rousseau's state of mind--His charges against Hume--Smith's opinion--Opinion of the French friends--Hume's conduct in the publication of the papers--Voltaire--Rousseau's flight and wanderings--Hume's subsequent conduct to him. 319