Download or read book Heads of a Course of Lectures on Natural History (Classic Reprint) written by Benjamin Waterhouse and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Heads of a Course of Lectures on Natural History I. Introduc tory. Curiosity, or desire of knowl edge, a certain sign of a vigorous intellect exempli fied in the inhabitants of some parts of the United States, and offchina. The importance of gratifying properly this thirst of the soul in young people. The grand object, or effort of education is to engage the mind by pleasure, while you fill it with instructive ideas. The outlines of the course before us. Who first suggested the natural history of our country. 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.