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Excerpt from Lettres sur la Creation Terrestre, ou Expose Sous Forme Familiere des Principaux Faits Relatifs a la Constitution Generale du Globe Et A l'Economie de la Nature
Les sciences naturelles'so'nt parvenues a un point tel qu'elles ne peuvent plus rester ren fermees dans les secrets reduits des palais aca demiques le vulgaire profane en reclame sa part. L' heritage d'un prejuge, l'acquisition d'une erreur lui coute autant de peine que la posses sion de solides connaissances. Si les savants seoendent et dirigent ce gout et ce desir pres que instinctif de savoir, il n'en resultera que du bien. About the Publisher 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.