Excerpt from The Cradle of the Twin Giants, Vol. 1 of 2: Science and History The volumes here presented to the reader have been, at intervals, for many years the occupation of the Author's leisure. The subject is one which can hardly fail to interest the mind desirous of investigating the History of Knowledge. Of that History it forms one chapter, - but a chapter the most poetical of all. The Author is well aware both of the difficulties which attend the topic, and of his own deficiencies; and had not the ground been ...
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Excerpt from The Cradle of the Twin Giants, Vol. 1 of 2: Science and History The volumes here presented to the reader have been, at intervals, for many years the occupation of the Author's leisure. The subject is one which can hardly fail to interest the mind desirous of investigating the History of Knowledge. Of that History it forms one chapter, - but a chapter the most poetical of all. The Author is well aware both of the difficulties which attend the topic, and of his own deficiencies; and had not the ground been almost unbroken, he would hardly have undertaken the task. 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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