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Excerpt from A Summary of Geography and History, Both Ancient and Modern: Containing an Account of the Political State, and Principal Revolutions of the Most Illustrious Nations in Ancient and Modern Times The usefulness of Classical Learning 15 universally acknowledged; but it has been alleged, that the time requisite for acquiring it, prevents a sufficient attention from being paid to General Knowledge. The most effectual method, however, Of prosecuting the study Of both, seems to be to join them together. The classic authors, particularly the poets, cannot be thoroughly understood, without a considerable ac quaintance with those branches Of science to which they Often allude; geography, history, philosophy, astronomy, and above all mythology. To connect. 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.