Excerpt from The American Review of History and Politics, and General Repository of Literature and State Papers, Vol. 3 In acknowledging the merit of the British in a few branches, wherein it is beyond the limits Of any degree of prejudice or impudence to contest their superiority, the authors of the report are careful to add such qualifications and equivalents, as to show but too clearly, the reluctance with which they yield, in any one instance, to the necessity Of exhibitingtheir rivals to advantage. This will be fully ...
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Excerpt from The American Review of History and Politics, and General Repository of Literature and State Papers, Vol. 3 In acknowledging the merit of the British in a few branches, wherein it is beyond the limits Of any degree of prejudice or impudence to contest their superiority, the authors of the report are careful to add such qualifications and equivalents, as to show but too clearly, the reluctance with which they yield, in any one instance, to the necessity Of exhibitingtheir rivals to advantage. This will be fully exemplified in the course Of our remarks on the several sections of the work, but it may not be amiss to cite here, in support of our position, an example or two from which, moreover, pretty certain conclu sions may be at once deduced, as to the feelings and views of the writers. In speaking Of Persian literature, they make the following acknowledgment. Almost all that has been done for this literature has been the work Of the English, who have enjoyed more means, and have been instigated by stronger mo tives of interest, in prosecuting the study of the language. They add, after detailing the researches Of the French so'nans in the same branch We know very well that these labours cannot enter in comparison with those of the British; but they prove at least that the latter would find rivals among us, if we, like them, were seconded by circumstances, and if the govern ment would deign to encourage our efforts. Immediately after, in commencing their notice Of Chinese literature, they express themselves thus: To talk of China is, as it were, to return to our own literary domain; for, the same reputation and superiority which our neighbours have acquired in Indian literature, we also may claim in a literature not less fruitful, and of still more certain antiquity. Without recalling here the immense labours of our missionaries, and the learned re searches Of the French Academicians, Fourmont and dc Guignes, we should at least mention the memoirs concerning the history, the sciences and the arts Of the Chinese, by the missionaries Of Pekin, in fifteen volumes, 4to, Of which the three last have appeared since 1789. Those who are acquaint ed with this collection, which is much more highly apprecia ted and much more in demand among foreign nations, than among Frenchmen, consider it as worthy of being placed by the side of the Asiatic researches. 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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