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Excerpt from The Works of James Houstoun, M. D: Containing Memoirs of His Life and Travels in Asia, Africa, America, and Most Parts of Europe, From the Year 1690, to the Present Time
Emulation, the chief Spur to great Purfuits, may (well out into exorbitant and unbounded Ambi tion, but the Source was original ly good, and the luxuriant Excref cences could only fprin'g from a generous Root which one of the hall Penetration, perceive without my. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
