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It is surely high time that an English translation was made 

 and published of Cannizzaro's Sunto di im corso di filosofia 

 chimica fatto nella Reale Universita di Getiova. 



The work of Cannizzaro must ever remain an encourage- 

 ment and an inspiration to all genuine students of nature, 

 to all earnest seekers of truth. Wonderful is the influence 

 of the man of genius on the advancement of knowledge, when 

 the environment is suited to his growth. In 1857 the chemical 

 environment was propitious : only the man was wanted. The 

 man appeared in the person of Stanislao Cannizzaro. 



