Excerpt from The Naturalist's Library, Vol. 14: Ornithology Gallinaceous Birds Before proceeding, however, to give an analysis of his writings, it will be proper to relate What has been recorded of his life and character. Several of his own countrymen discharged the friendly task due; to his genius, by becoming his biographers; but' their memoirs, except a few fragments, have perish-i ed in the general wreck of antiquity. Whatever is1 now known concerning this remarkable man, must be gleaned from the meagre and often ...
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Excerpt from The Naturalist's Library, Vol. 14: Ornithology Gallinaceous Birds Before proceeding, however, to give an analysis of his writings, it will be proper to relate What has been recorded of his life and character. Several of his own countrymen discharged the friendly task due; to his genius, by becoming his biographers; but' their memoirs, except a few fragments, have perish-i ed in the general wreck of antiquity. Whatever is1 now known concerning this remarkable man, must be gleaned from the meagre and often contradictory notices to be found in the pages of Diogenes Laer tins, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Hesychius the Mi lesian, Suidas, Ammonias, and a few others of more' doubtful authenticity. Modern writers have not thrown much additional light on the subject, and their efforts have accomplished little more than at) tempting to reconcile what is discordant, or rejecting what is improbable, in the statements of the ancients. 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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