The Life of Joseph Locke: Civil Engineer, M. P. F. R. S. Etc. Etc (Classic Reprint) - Couverture rigide

Joseph Devey

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 026526720X ISBN 13 : 9780265267202

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Life of Joseph Locke: Civil Engineer, M. P. F. R. S. Etc. Etc

HE pride of ancestry is cherished as a pious senti ment by those who can legitimately boast its possession: by those who find themselves without this intangible heirloom, it is regarded as at worst a very pardonable conceit. But all agree in treating as the fit subjects for ridicule those who falsely affect to have what they are just as well without. Still, every man has a pedigree,-a pedigree which can be traced to a more or less remote period, if the investigation be considered worth the labour. Where it exemplifies the law of hereditary transmission, and so throws light on the character of him who suggests the search, it is of value. When it but parades the greatness of predecessors as a cloak for the smallness of their latest representative, it is not only valueless, but unwise.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 026526720X
• ISBN 13: 9780265267202
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 372
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