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Excerpt from Miscellaneous Works of the Late Thomas Young, M.D., F. R. S., &C, Vol. 3: And One of the Eight Foreign Associates of the National Institute of France; Hieroglyphical Essays and Correspondence, &C In arranging the materials of this volume our great object has been to present Dr. Young's Hieroglyphical Essays and Correspondence in chronological order, and to furnish on fitting occasions the precise dates of such of M. Champollion's publications as bear reference to the subjects handled by Dr. Young, together with extracts of the most important passages; by which means the reader will be enabled to ascertain what was really accomplished by each, and to form a correct judgment on a question whose true merits have been concealed amid a mass of inaccuracies and misrepresentations. The evidence establishing Dr. Young's discovery of the hieroglyphical alphabet, several years before Champollion suspected its existence, is so clear and conclusive, that it must appear a matter of great surprise to the candid inquirer how any claim should have been set up in behalf of the latter. 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.