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Natural History has been called the science of observation, as distinguished from other sciences which are founded upon calculation or experiment. From this peculiarity, Natural History is, in many re spects, the most easily pursued, and the most agreea ble in the pursuit, of all the various branches of human inquiry and study. Its limits as a science are almost boundless for scientific naturalists are daily adding some new or uncommon specimen to our previous collections of animal, vegetable, or mineral nature. At the same time, every detached object of this sci ence - every quadruped, bird, reptile, fish, Worm, or insect - every flower - every piece of metal, crystal, or stone - not only excites greater interest, when we have acquired, by careful investigation, a knowledge of its properties, but leads the mind forward to new subjects of curiosity. As an observer of nature, every man has it in his power to become a naturalist in a. Greater or less degree.
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Natural History has been called the science of observation, as distinguished from other sciences which are founded upon calculation or experiment. From this peculiarity, Natural History is, in many re spects, the most easily pursued, and the most agreea ble in the pursuit, of all the various branches of human inquiry and study. Its limits as a science are almost boundless for scientific naturalists are daily adding some new or uncommon specimen to our previous collections of animal, vegetable, or mineral nature. At the same time, every detached object of this sci ence - every quadruped, bird, reptile, fish, Worm, or insect - every flower - every piece of metal, crystal, or stone - not only excites greater interest, when we have acquired, by careful investigation, a knowledge of its properties, but leads the mind forward to new subjects of curiosity. As an observer of nature, every man has it in his power to become a naturalist in a. Greater or less degree.
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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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- Publication date2024
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- ISBN 13 9781334295263
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- Number of pages428
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