Excerpt from Three Years in Constantinople, Vol. 1 of 3: Or, Domestic Manners of the Turks in 1844 Thus, the majority Of the latter arrive at Constan tinople in complete ignorance Of the origin, meaning, and real condition Of local customs; and thus, being unable to Obtain correct explanations from books or attendants, they depart as they came with this differ ence, however, that they generally add misconceptions, arising from hasty Observation and erroneous informa tion to previous prejudices - prejudices frequently em ...
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Excerpt from Three Years in Constantinople, Vol. 1 of 3: Or, Domestic Manners of the Turks in 1844 Thus, the majority Of the latter arrive at Constan tinople in complete ignorance Of the origin, meaning, and real condition Of local customs; and thus, being unable to Obtain correct explanations from books or attendants, they depart as they came with this differ ence, however, that they generally add misconceptions, arising from hasty Observation and erroneous informa tion to previous prejudices - prejudices frequently em bittered by divergent political interests, religious anti pathics, and an indiscriminate tendency to confound the better qualities of the Turkish people with their indefensible vices. 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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