Excerpt from Social Destiny of Man The profound originality of Fountan'a conceptions, the new ness, - or rather the neglect on the part of the Scientific world, of the subjects treated, were great obstacles to the comprehension of his theory; so much so that, although his first work was published in 1808, it is only at present that his views are beginning to at tract the attention and receive the admiration of minds, which are not satisfied with the superficial science and politics of theiday. 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.