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CHAP. XXVI, 

 The HISTORY of the SCICENCES. 



HAVING thus finilhed the analyfis of 

 all the fciences in the concifeft manner we 

 found poffible, it will be neceflary, in order to 

 render the fyftem of univerfal erudition complete, 

 to add a few words here : 



1. On the general and particular hiftory of 

 afl the fciences, of their origin and progrefs. 



2. On thofe authors who have cultivated or 

 enriched the fciences, and who may be called 

 the workmen of erudition. And 



3. On the principal means by which the know- 

 ledge of thofe authors and their works are to be 

 attained, which are (i) by the criticifms that 

 have been made on them, (2) by the literary 

 journals, and (3) by libraries, as well private as 

 public. 



The confideration of thefe objects will be the 

 bufinefs of the three following chapters, and 

 which will finifti this work. 



II. Literary 



