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Excerpt from The World's Sages, Infidels, and Thinkers: Being Biographical Sketches of Leading Philosophers, Teachers, Reformers, Innovators, Founders of New Schools of Thought, Eminent Scientists, Etc
Little claim is made in these pages to Originality or literary merit. The work is largely a compilation drawn from a variety of sources. Faithfulness has been aimed at, but possibly mis takes may have occurred. In many instances the sketches have necessarily been abbreviated - often more than would have been wished had space been abundant - but the object has at all times been to retain the most essential facts. The works that have been made tributary are the British and American Cyclopedias, Chalmer's Biographical Dictionary, Thomas'
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