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CLASSICS 



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MODERN SCIENCE 



(COPERNICUS TO PASTEUR) 



EDITED BY 



WILLIAM S. KNICKERBOCKER, ph.d. 



PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN THE UNIVERSITY 



OF THE SOUTH • EDITOR, THE 



SEWANEE REVIEW 



ALFRED-A- KNOPF- NEW YORK 



MCMXX V II 



