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Excerpt from The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands: With Some Notes on Seals and Digressions
I have no doubt that these pages contain some errors of observation or inference which I am not yet aware of - but those who only glance at them may sometimes be inclined to correct me, where, later, I correct myself. It is best, I think, to let one''s mis takes stand recorded against one, for mistakes have their interest, and often emphasize some truth. Honesty, too, would suffer in their suppression - and besides, if one has got in some idea or re?ection that pleases one, or a piece of descriptive writing that does not seem amiss, how tiresome to have to scratch it out, merely because it is founded on a wrong apprehension! - the spire to come tumbling just for the want of a base! For these reasons, therefore - especially the last, when it applies - I have not suppressed my errors, even where I happen to know them. There they stand, if only to encourage others who may be labouring in the same field as myself - which makes one more high-minded motive.
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I have no doubt that these pages contain some errors of observation or inference which I am not yet aware of - but those who only glance at them may sometimes be inclined to correct me, where, later, I correct myself. It is best, I think, to let one''s mis takes stand recorded against one, for mistakes have their interest, and often emphasize some truth. Honesty, too, would suffer in their suppression - and besides, if one has got in some idea or re?ection that pleases one, or a piece of descriptive writing that does not seem amiss, how tiresome to have to scratch it out, merely because it is founded on a wrong apprehension! - the spire to come tumbling just for the want of a base! For these reasons, therefore - especially the last, when it applies - I have not suppressed my errors, even where I happen to know them. There they stand, if only to encourage others who may be labouring in the same field as myself - which makes one more high-minded motive.
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
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Edmund Selous
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780267594856
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Page Count - 424
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Contributors
Author
Edmund Selous
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781334150623
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Page Count - 426
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