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Excerpt from The Childhood of the World: A Simple Account of Man in Early Times For the information of parents and others into whose hands this book may fall, it may be stated that it is an attempt, in the absence of any kindred elementary work, to narrate, in as simple language as the subject will permit, the story of man's progress from the unknown time of his early appearance upon the earth, to the period from which writers of history ordinarily begin. That an acquaintance with the primitive condition of man should precede the study of any single department of his later history is obvious; but it' must be remembered that such knowledge has become attainable only within the last few years, and at present enters but little, if at all, into the course of study at schools. Thanks to the patient and careful researches of men of science, the way is rapidly becoming clearer for tracing the steps by which, at ever varying rates of progress, different races have advanced from savagery to civilization, and for thus giving a completeness to the history of mankind which the assumptions of an arbitrary chronology would render impossible. 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.