Excerpt from Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time Audubon was quite human, with plenty of faults, which may not always be excused, but with versatile talents which few could match. He showed that dogged perseverance in attaining his heart's desire which no poverty, no discords among family or friends, no lack of education, and no handicaps or mis fortune could for more than a moment defeat or keep from eventual success. With all his lacks and all his faults Audubon was one of the most industrious and self ...
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Excerpt from Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time Audubon was quite human, with plenty of faults, which may not always be excused, but with versatile talents which few could match. He showed that dogged perseverance in attaining his heart's desire which no poverty, no discords among family or friends, no lack of education, and no handicaps or mis fortune could for more than a moment defeat or keep from eventual success. With all his lacks and all his faults Audubon was one of the most industrious and self reliant among the successful men of his age. NO longer can John James Audubon be called the Melchizedek of Natural History, for to - day few men of his period are better known. Audubon was a man of great personal charm with a gift for friendship. A man who made and kept such friends as Edward Harris, William Mac Gillivray, the Reverend Dr. John Bachman, Dr. George Park man, and Dr. George Cheyne Shattuck must have had a good heart. Textual errors in the plates of the first edition have been corrected, and the bibliography has been extended to the present time. Those who are interested in the octavo editions of The Birds of America and of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America should consult an article in The Auk (see Bibliogra phy, No. 245) for a more complete list of their perplexing issues. The Foreword and Postscript of the present edition is repro duced in substance from a paper in The Auk for October, 1937. Francis H. Herrick. Cleveland Heights, Ohio. November 4, 1937. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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