Excerpt from The Gallery of Nature and Art, or a Tour Through Creation and Science, Vol. 1 of 6 The sanction of mankind, indeed, has already been given to a variety of valuable productions formed upon a basis somewhat similar; several of which, however, have been so long composed, as to become equally antiquated and errone ous in the progressive path of Science; while others, defici ent in knowledge or judgment, have been too generally drawn, with little or no discrimination, from wonders and curiosities that have never ...
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Excerpt from The Gallery of Nature and Art, or a Tour Through Creation and Science, Vol. 1 of 6 The sanction of mankind, indeed, has already been given to a variety of valuable productions formed upon a basis somewhat similar; several of which, however, have been so long composed, as to become equally antiquated and errone ous in the progressive path of Science; while others, defici ent in knowledge or judgment, have been too generally drawn, with little or no discrimination, from wonders and curiosities that have never existed, and exhibit rather a world ofofiction than of fact or have lost all claim to autho rity, from a vain adoption of the editor's language and opi-z nions instead of the language and opinions of the established sources, from which he should have quoted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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