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belief of, in the improvement of humanity, ii. 246; grievous mistake of, ii. 247.

Confessions, the, not to be trusted for minute accuracy, i. 86, _n._; or for dates, i. 93; first part written 1766, ii. 301; their character, ii. 303; published surreptitiously, ii. 324, _n._; readings from, prohibited by police, ii. 324.

Conti, Prince of, ii. 4-7; receives Rousseau at Trye, ii. 118.

Contract, Social, i. 136.

Corsica, struggles for independence of, ii. 99; Rousseau invited to legislate for, ii. 99-102; bought by France, ii. 102.

Cowper, i. 20;