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So far I may be permitted to speak without intrenching on the
limits of criticism. A work containing more than 50,000 words, many
of which have never appeared even in scattered glossaries, and
illustrated, with very few exceptions, by original authorities,
much contain valuable material for the philogist, even if
disfigured by errors. With respect to the latter contingency, I am
not acquainted with any glossary, comprising merely a few hundred
words which does not contain blunders, although in many instances
the careful attention of the editor has been specially directed to
the task. Can I then anticipate that in a field so vast that no
single life would sufice for a minute examination of every object,
I could have escaped proportionate liabilities? That such may be
pointed out I have little doubt, notwithstanding the pains to
prevent their occurrence, but it will be manifestly unfair to make
them the test of merit, or thence to pronounce a judgement on the
accuracy of the whole.
So far I may be permitted to speak without intrenching on the
limits of criticism. A work containing more than 50,000 words, many
of which have never appeared even in scattered glossaries, and
illustrated, with very few exceptions, by original authorities,
much contain valuable material for the philogist, even if
disfigured by errors. With respect to the latter contingency, I am
not acquainted with any glossary, comprising merely a few hundred
words which does not contain blunders, although in many instances
the careful attention of the editor has been specially directed to
the task. Can I then anticipate that in a field so vast that no
single life would sufice for a minute examination of every object,
I could have escaped proportionate liabilities? That such may be
pointed out I have little doubt, notwithstanding the pains to
prevent their occurrence, but it will be manifestly unfair to make
them the test of merit, or thence to pronounce a judgement on the
accuracy of the whole.
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