The Scientific and Literary Treasury: A New and Popular Encyclopedia of the Belles Lettres (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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I consider it unnecessary to enumerate the various branches of literature which are comprised in the following pages, my object having been to con centrate therein, as far as was possible, the whole of the liberal arts-c - briefiy, it is true, but with as much perspicuity, and in language as simple and fami liar as I could command; neither do I deem it at all important to name the numerous works which I have found it necessary to consult. It will be seen, throughout the work, that wherever I have been indebted for any ma terial information. I have not failed to acknowledge the source whence it was derived. But although it may be needless to dilate on the general nature of the contents, for the reasons before given, it is essential to notice that the facts in science, drc. Which surround the pages, have, with few exceptions, a direct reference to some subject treated on in that particular page, or curtain a further illustration of it. These marginal observations have occupied no inconsiderable time; and I hope they will not be less valuable than the moral precepts and proverbs have been found which encompass the pages of The Treasury of Knowledge and H The Biographical Treasury.

And now, in bringing these remarks to a close, it may not be improper to observe, that, although I have studiously avoided the introduction of any matter foreign to the immediate subject under consideration, I have not been unmindful of the connection that exists between the natural and the moral world, nor have I neglected any suitable opportunity of enforcing sound prin ciples in ethics, and that willing obedience to the laws, without which science is acquired in vain, and learning often proves a curse. The philosophic you!

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