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wnoj'ever we Lave erred, we arc certain to liave done no 

 violence to tlie truth by litigious arguments, the effect 

 whereof is the procuring authority to error, and detracting 

 from what is well invented; for eiTor receives honour and 

 truth a repulse from contention. 



And here I cannot but reflect how appositely that answer 

 of Themistocles may be applied to myself which he made to 

 the deputy of a small village haranguing upon great things, 

 " Friend, thy words require a city." For so it may be said ol 

 my views, that they require an age, perhaps a whole age, to 

 prove, and numerous ages to execute. But as the greatest 

 things are owing to their beginnings, it will be enough for 

 me to have sown for posterity, and the honour of the Im- 

 mortal Being, whom I humbly entreat, through his Son, our 

 Saviour, favourably to accept these, and the like sacrifices of 

 the human understanding, seasoned with religion, and offered 

 up to his glory ! 



THE COAST OF THE NEW INTELLECTUAL WORLD; 



OR, A RECAPITULATION OF THE DEFICIENCIES OF KNOWLEDGE, POINTED 

 OUT IN THE PRECEDING WORK, TO BE SUPPLIED BY POSTERITY. 



The History of Monsters ; or irregular productions of 

 nature, in all the three kingdoms, — vegetable, animal, and 

 mineral. 



The History of Arts ; or nature formed and wrought by 

 human industry. 



A well-purged History of Nature in her extent ; or the 

 phenomena of the universe. 



Inductive History; or histoi'ical matters consequentially 

 deduced from phenomena, facts, observations, experiments, 

 arts, and the active sciences. 



An Universal Literary History ; or the affairs relating to 

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Biography ; or the lives of all eminent persons. 



The Histoiy of Prophecy ; or the accomplishment of Di- 



