The Critical Review, Or Annals of Literature, 1810, Vol. 19 (Classic Reprint)

The Critical Review, Or Annals of Literature, 1810, Vol. 19 (Classic Reprint)
ISBN-10
0366124331
ISBN-13
9780366124336
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
570
Language
English
Published
2018-09-15
Publisher
Forgotten Books

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Excerpt from The Critical Review, or Annals of Literature, 1810, Vol. 19 When a writer has bestowed on one particular subject the whole of his time. And labour, for many years of his life, it always appears to imply some degree of arrogance and pre sumption inithose who cannot possibly have examined the subject with the same degree of painful accuracy, to pietend to be his judges and censors. This, in the course of our duty as reviewers, we are often called upon to do; and the spirit of candour will generally attribute to our animadversions the motives which have suggested them, and the character which they-hrs designed to support. For instance, a reviewer may he a'good and sound mathematician; hecertainly ought to be so before. He pretends to notice a single treatise, however inf considerable, on a mathematical subject. But if the works of a great and experienced master in the science pass under his inspection, .his oflice is, generally speaking, reduced to that of laying before the public a plain and succinct vicar of the nature. Of the work, and lof the points intended to be roved. He is not, indeed, forbidden-bis duty, on the con ry, enjoins him, to give his opinion as. To any matter. In which it appears to him that there is a deficiency of proof or nu etmr of calculation or reasoning; for, such is human nature, that the reatest and wisest among us sometimes cams mit errors which are liable to thedetection of those who are greatly our interiors in wisdom-and understauding. But these objections, and these sentiments, are turbo delivered, (in the case we'are supposing) not with. The authority of a judge, but with the modesty. Of a patient inquirer, zealous to attain truth himself, and to communicate it to others. 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.

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