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Excerpt from Confederate Veteran, Vol. 36: March 1928 It is fitting that a definitive and modern biography of this son of the United States Navy should be issued under the auspices of the Naval Institute. In orderly and philosophical fashion, the life and achievements of the greatest scientist of the New World are here set forth. Should anyone question the superlative summary thus ascribed to Maury by the reviewer, when such preeminence is not considered by the biographer, let the skeptic suggest any other American who accomplished as much in the sphere of science and in the promotion of human knowledge and welfare. The claim, therefore, Should be regarded not as a dictum accept-ed as final even by its proponent, but as an idea to be thought over for the purpose of dispassionate com parison, followed by confirmation or rejection. 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.