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Excerpt from Britannia's Growth and Greatness: An Historical Geography of the British Empire Man, by his ability to apply his intelligence in many directions, rises far above the other members of the animal world, which are capable of showing their skill in a few directions only and yet, in their restricted circle of effort and achievement, beasts, birds, and insects often rival man in his proudest works. 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.