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Excerpt from Cornelii Taciti: De Germania It has been evident to me during my work upon it that the preparation of a really comprehensive edition would require such a knowledge of German archaeology, history, and law, as probably not many Englishmen possess, and which few who have acquired it would care to bring to bear on so limited an object. A full study would also have to be added of all the minor works and monographs on various points which the national interest in the subject has accumulated and still continues to accumulate in Germany; and an editor who desired duly to gather up and review the results of such research, would have to make his commentary So apparently disproportionate to the bulk of the treatise itself as to repel the majority of students. I have therefore ventured to hope that, by striking a balance between the meagreness of a schoolbook and the fulness of an exhaustive edition, I may have best consulted the requirements of most English readers. These, while desiring to study this remark able treatise in the light of the principal results of recent criticism, may probably not care to enter fully into what is still, and is likely always to continue to be, obscure and doubtful, or to have more than a very concise treatment of difficulties, coupled with some indication of works in which those who desire further discussion may find it. 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