Lake Habitations and Pre-Historic Remains in the Turbaries and Marl-Beds of Northern and Central Italy (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Lake Habitations and Pre-Historic Remains in the Turbaries and Marl-Beds of Northern and Central ItalyThe fact that this mode of inquiry, through the ex humation of buried remains, into the life of the tribes who were external to - perhaps long prior to - the various civilisations which, as it were, in a catena, have conveyed to us the histories and traditions of the earlier world, is a science which has had its origin in the last ten years, should make us extremely careful in ascribing value to these remains at present. Facts, and an ever larger in duction, are of far greater value to us than theories.If these facts, as they increase, seem to con¿ict, we. Must take courage from the re¿ection of Alexander von Humboldt, that, in an age of such rapid and brilliant progress as the present, it is a sure criterion of the number and value of the discoveries to be hoped for in any particular science, if, though studied with great assiduity and sagacity, its facts still appear for the most part unconnected, with little mutual relation, or even in some instances, in seeming contradiction to each other.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.