I think #2 is supposed to be &quot;wisdom&quot;. Note the OCR errors, eg &quot;so;&quot; is rendered &quot;soj&quot;. It&#x27;s still not entirely clear to me what the point of the passage is however, it is IMO poorly written.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;bookhumourwitwi00projgoog" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;bookhumourwitwi00projgoog</a> is the text &quot;Humour, Wit and Wisdom&quot; - &quot;the latter days of Bonaparte&quot; is on p.2.