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Excerpt from Dighton Rock: A Study of the Written Rocks of New England
Several circumstances have conspired to bring it about that this study has been made by one who is a psychologist by pro fession, and not a trained archaeologist. For one thing, the archaeologists themselves were busy with other interests and assumed that this matter had been sufficiently settled. They were mistaken, as it turned out; nevertheless, none Of them seemed likely to make the much needed investigation. It hap pened - Voluntate Dei, as one Of the rock-records expresses it - that it was the psychologist who chanced to make his sum mer home within a mile or two of the most famous Of these rocks, with the consequent arousal Of his curiosity concerning the unsolved mystery Of it. The endeavor to satisfy this curiosity followed naturally, and this led gradually to the dis covery of SO much of unsupported statement that called for assured verification or refutal, SO much of positive error, SO great a variety of con?icting claims and so deep an interest in the pursuit Of them, that he was enticed little by little to the ultimate assemblage of all facts and Views that had found expression. Among these were included'a great many that were new and important, and it became his evident duty to pro vide a correct account Of them all. Moreover, the inadequacies of previous investigations as well as previous historical ac counts became apparent, and thus arose the necessity of making fresh and more thoroughly conducted Observations Of his own. Then, finally, in doing all this, he was able to justify to him self the time spent in the research and thus to appease his pro fessional conscience, by finding the subject full of psychological contacts, some Of which will become evident in the following pages.
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Several circumstances have conspired to bring it about that this study has been made by one who is a psychologist by pro fession, and not a trained archaeologist. For one thing, the archaeologists themselves were busy with other interests and assumed that this matter had been sufficiently settled. They were mistaken, as it turned out; nevertheless, none Of them seemed likely to make the much needed investigation. It hap pened - Voluntate Dei, as one Of the rock-records expresses it - that it was the psychologist who chanced to make his sum mer home within a mile or two of the most famous Of these rocks, with the consequent arousal Of his curiosity concerning the unsolved mystery Of it. The endeavor to satisfy this curiosity followed naturally, and this led gradually to the dis covery of SO much of unsupported statement that called for assured verification or refutal, SO much of positive error, SO great a variety of con?icting claims and so deep an interest in the pursuit Of them, that he was enticed little by little to the ultimate assemblage of all facts and Views that had found expression. Among these were included'a great many that were new and important, and it became his evident duty to pro vide a correct account Of them all. Moreover, the inadequacies of previous investigations as well as previous historical ac counts became apparent, and thus arose the necessity of making fresh and more thoroughly conducted Observations Of his own. Then, finally, in doing all this, he was able to justify to him self the time spent in the research and thus to appease his pro fessional conscience, by finding the subject full of psychological contacts, some Of which will become evident in the following pages.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This 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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Edmund Burke Delabarre
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780260213389
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm
Page Count - 489
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ISBN - 9781332258277
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
Page Count - 491
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