The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol. 16

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Excerpt from The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol. 16: Marginalia, EurekaThe present volume contains an accurate reprint of the original edition of the Eureka to gether with a collection of Notes from Bishop John F. Hurst's copy of the essay. This copy was once in the possession of Poe, and was annotated by him. The reader is thus made completely conversant with the author's final revision of his famous scientific prose poem, which many consider a remarkable anticipation of Herbert Spencer's Views on evolution. That Poe was at fault in much of his physical as well as meta physical science, none, we suppose, will deny, but it must be remembered that Eureka was com posed at a period of great mental and physical anguish, just after the death of his beloved Virginia, and its Birth marks are obvious. One fact seems certain: it has not yet been thoroughly fathomed, explained, or explored, its mysteries, couched in magnificent lan guage, are far from being mere rhetorical rhodomon tade.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.