Carl Ritter: an Address to the American Geographical and Statistical Society - Softcover

Arnold Guyot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 037184603X ISBN 13: 9780371846032

Synopsis

Excerpt from Carl An Address to the American Geographical and Statistical Society

You will agree with me, gentlemen, when I say that, great and well deserved as is Bitter's reputation in this country, it is - as-all great reputations, indeed, but perhaps more so than usual - one resting upon authority. It is, if I may be allowed the expression, an imported one and this, indeed, is not sur prising; and we could scarcely speak otherwise Of England, and still more Of France. Bitter's theoretical ideas and methods are to be taken from a few academic memoirs, but more especially from his great work itself. There we find them realized in the rich, concrete forms Of life. They never have been reduced by him into a regular abstract system or doctrine, a form altogether uncongenial to a mind which was so thoroughly filled with the vivid images Of nature. These channels, together with his suggestive lectures to thousands Of students during the long period of his public teaching, were sufficient to spread his spirit in Germany. But they are not so for foreign countries. The original memoirs just mentioned, though since published separately, are not Of easy access. The very bulk Of his main work has prevented, thus far, a translation Of it into foreign languages, except, strange to say, one into the Russian, and a very partial one into the French.

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Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 037184603X
• ISBN 13: 9780371846032
• Binding: Paperback