Author: William Alanson Bryan

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-02

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9780484566766

Excerpt from The Pacific Scientific Institution: An Address The propriety of Honolulu serving as a focal point and leading in the work, as well as the fact that at last a worthy survey of the Pacific is to be inaugurated has been hailed by men in all countries, both in and out of science, with the utmost enthusiasm. For there are many who believe that the results growing out of a care fully planned and faithfully executed exploration of the whole realm will add more to the sum of human knowledge than any single effort of a like kind that can be attempted. 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.