Excerpt from A Geography of Massachusetts: For Families and SchoolsThe subject is begun precisely at the wron end. If it is addressed to the understanding of the young earner, this arrangement seems to presume, that he will take a deeper interest in, and better comprehend the general features of the world, embracing its lar est mountains and rivers, and the characters of nations, 0 whose existence he has never before heard, than of the roads, hills, and rivers of his own neighborhood, and the boundaries of his own town, county, or state. Besides, he can get no adequate idea of the mag nitude of the largest mountains and rivers in the world, ex cept b comparing them with the mountains and rivers, which e has seen, and of which he has formed some de¿ nite idea.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.