Excerpt from An Introductory Lecture, Delivered Before the Medical Department of the Western Reserve CollegeThe history of science has never yet been fully written out. The recorded history of our race is but the development of angry, proud, and lustful passions - a long tortuous line drawn with blood. The clangor of martial prowess and the glitter of military renown have withdrawn the attention of historians from the progress of those pure and elevating tendencies, which have advanced man from a state of savage barbarity to civilization and refinement, and which, though of gentle and unobtrusive mien have a permanent and controlling in¿u ence in his destiny. It would be pleasant and instructive to survey the progress of science from its feeble dawnin gs to its present Splendor -rehearse its achievements and from the vantage ground thus gained.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.