Author: John Clark Ridpath

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Published: 2016-07-17

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9781333070755

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Excerpt from With the World's People, Vol. 1 of 8: An Account of the Ethnic Origin, Primitive Estate, Early Migrations, Social Evolution, and Present Conditions and Promise of the Principal Families of Men; Together With a Preliminary Inquiry on the Time, Place and Manner of the Beginning It has been my hope and ambition in the present work to cover, however im perfectly, the whole field of the inquiry, and to mark the limits of current knowl edge respecting the races of mankind as the same are known to us at the close of our splendid century. How far short of a perfect accomplishment the writer has come, how many and serious are the im perfections of his work, he is painfully aware; but he presumes, as hitherto, upon the good will and favor of the public, to whom he now, delivers the results of his latest study in the spirit and with the trust of one who, proud of his age and country, would fain contrib. Ute something to the intellectual re sources, progress, and happiness of that great and glorious people with whom he is allied in race descent and destiny. 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 With the World's People, Vol. 1 of 8 written by John Clark Ridpath and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-17 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from With the World's People, Vol. 1 of 8: An Account of the Ethnic Origin, Primitive Estate, Early Migrations, Social Evolution, and Present Conditions and Promise of the Principal Families of Men; Together With a Preliminary Inquiry on the Time, Place and Manner of the Beginning It has been my hope and ambition in the present work to cover, however im perfectly, the whole field of the inquiry, and to mark the limits of current knowl edge respecting the races of mankind as the same are known to us at the close of our splendid century. How far short of a perfect accomplishment the writer has come, how many and serious are the im perfections of his work, he is painfully aware; but he presumes, as hitherto, upon the good will and favor of the public, to whom he now, delivers the results of his latest study in the spirit and with the trust of one who, proud of his age and country, would fain contrib. Ute something to the intellectual re sources, progress, and happiness of that great and glorious people with whom he is allied in race descent and destiny. 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.