Our Calendar: The Julian Calendar and Its Errors, How Corrected by Gregorian, Rules for Finding the Dominical Letter, Hebrew Calendar, Illustrated by Valuable Tables and Charts (Classic Reprint)
Our Calendar: The Julian Calendar and Its Errors, How Corrected by Gregorian, Rules for Finding the Dominical Letter, Hebrew Calendar, Illustrated by Valuable Tables and Charts (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Our Calendar: The Julian Calendar and Its Errors, How Corrected by Gregorian, Rules for Finding the Dominical Letter, Hebrew Calendar, Illustrated by Valuable Tables and Charts The writer does not claim absolute originality for all that appears in the following pages on the contrary, he has made free use Of all the materials that came within his reach relating to the history of the calendar and the work Of its correction by Gregory. These materials, together with his own calculations, he has ar ranged in ...
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Excerpt from Our Calendar: The Julian Calendar and Its Errors, How Corrected by Gregorian, Rules for Finding the Dominical Letter, Hebrew Calendar, Illustrated by Valuable Tables and Charts The writer does not claim absolute originality for all that appears in the following pages on the contrary, he has made free use Of all the materials that came within his reach relating to the history of the calendar and the work Of its correction by Gregory. These materials, together with his own calculations, he has ar ranged in accordance with a plan Of his own devising, SO that the outline and the execution Of the work may be truly said to be original. Of its value the world must judge. It has been prepared in weakness Of body and in sufi'ering, which have been to some extent re lieved by the mental occupation thus afforded, but which may have nevertheless left their impress on the work. But let it be read before pronouncing judgment upon it. Cicero could infer the littleness Of the Hebrew God from the smallness Of the territory he had given his people. TO whom Kitto replies: The interest and importance Of a country arise, not from its territorial extent, but from the men who form its living soul; from its institutions bearing the impress of mind and spirit, and from the events which grow out Of the char acter and condition Of its inhabitants. SO the value Of a book does not consist in the size and number of its pages, but from the knowledge that may be gained by its perusal. The author. 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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