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Excerpt from Library of Universal History and Popular Science, Vol. 23 of 25: Containing a Record of the Human Race From the Earliest Historical Period to the Present Time; Embracing a General Survey of the Progress of Mankind in National and Social Life, Civil Government, Religion, Literature, Science and Art
The vast extent of the field, the treasures of knowledge which have been already gath ered, and the harvest which is still in the ear, impress the student more and more the deeper he advances into the study. Surely, if from some higher Sphere, beings of a pure ly spiritual nature - nourished, that is, not by material meats and drinks, but by ideas - look down Upon the lot of man, they must be before everything amazed at the complaints of poverty which rise up from every side. When every stone on which we tread can yield a history, to follow up which is almost the work of a lifetime; when every word we use is a thread leading back the mind through centuries of man's life on earth; it must be confessed that, for riches of any but a materi al sort, for a wealth of ideas, the mind's nourishment, there ought to be no lack. 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.
