Excerpt from A Philosophical Dictionary, Vol. 10 of 10: Style-Zoroaster and Declaration of the Amateurs, Inquirers and Doubters Nothing is more difficult and more rare than a style altogether suitable to the subject in hand. The style of the letters of Balzac would not be amiss for funeral orations; and we have some phys ical treatises in the style of the epic poem or the ode. It is proper that all things occupy their own places. 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.