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Many of my Quotations are selected from Such works, as, either from their size, number of volumes,or scarceness, do not frequently come within the reach of young men. If some of them are borrowed from more obvious and popular works, their peculiar beauty, strength, and appositeness, it is presumed, will justify their introduction. But elegant as my quotations may be In point of style, conclusive as to reasoning, or striking as to the impression they are calculated to make; bthe'y will not completely answer the intended purpose, if, while they raise a high Opinion of the merit of their authors, they do not excite an eager curiosity to peruse more of their works. If I should be fortunate enough to succeed in pro curing for eminent writers any additional degree of regard; if I should excite a more ardent and more active attention to any branches of useful knowledge; and if the variety of my topics should contribute to diffuse more widely the light of general information and useful truth I shall have the satisfaction to re?ect that my time has not been sacrificed to a frivolous purpose by thus endeavouring, In conformity with the occupations of the most valuable portion of my life, to instruct the rising generation.
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Excerpt from Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science: Designed Chiefly for the Junior Students in the Universities, and the Higher Classes in Schools; Two Volumes in One
Many of my Quotations are selected from Such works, as, either from their size, number of volumes,or scarceness, do not frequently come within the reach of young men. If some of them are borrowed from more obvious and popular works, their peculiar beauty, strength, and appositeness, it is presumed, will justify their introduction. But elegant as my quotations may be In point of style, conclusive as to reasoning, or striking as to the impression they are calculated to make; bthe'y will not completely answer the intended purpose, if, while they raise a high Opinion of the merit of their authors, they do not excite an eager curiosity to peruse more of their works.
If I should be fortunate enough to succeed in pro curing for eminent writers any additional degree of regard; if I should excite a more ardent and more active attention to any branches of useful knowledge; and if the variety of my topics should contribute to diffuse more widely the light of general information and useful truth I shall have the satisfaction to reflect that my time has not been sacrificed to a frivolous purpose by thus endeavouring, In conformity with the occupations of the most valuable portion of my life, to instruct the rising generation.
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To assert a claim to originality in such a work as this would perhaps only be equivalent to a confession of its demerit. My pretensions to public regard must depend in no small degree upon the manner in which I have clothed old ideas in a new dress, and upon my skill in compressing within a moderate compass the substance of large and voluminous Works. Upon all my subjects I have endeavoured to reflect light from every quarter which my reading would afford. My references will show the sources from which I have derived my principal information; but it would be almost an endless, and perhaps a very ostentatious task, to enumerate all my literary obligations.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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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