Author: James Harris

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-21

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 9780484378741

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Excerpt from Hermes: Or a Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar This then, namely, the exciting men to inquire. For themselves into subjects wor thy of their contemplation, this the Au thor declares to have been his first and principal motive for appearing in print. Next to that, as he has always been a lo v'er of Letters, he would willingly approve his studies to the liberal and ingenuous. He has particularly named these, in dis tinction to others because, as his studies were never prosecuted with the least re gard to lucre, so they are no way calcu latedfor any lucrative End. The libe ral therefore and ingenuous (whom he has mentioned already are those, to whose perusal he ofers what he has writ ten. Oshould they judge favourably of his attempt, he may not perhaps hesitate; to confess. 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.

Download or read book Hermes written by James Harris and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hermes: Or a Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar This then, namely, the exciting men to inquire. For themselves into subjects wor thy of their contemplation, this the Au thor declares to have been his first and principal motive for appearing in print. Next to that, as he has always been a lo v'er of Letters, he would willingly approve his studies to the liberal and ingenuous. He has particularly named these, in dis tinction to others because, as his studies were never prosecuted with the least re gard to lucre, so they are no way calcu latedfor any lucrative End. The libe ral therefore and ingenuous (whom he has mentioned already are those, to whose perusal he ofers what he has writ ten. Oshould they judge favourably of his attempt, he may not perhaps hesitate; to confess. 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.