Excerpt from The Elements of Euclid: With Select Theorems Out of Archimedes T feem'd meet to me, when I was about to fet forth the Elements of the Mathematicks, to premife' a few Things concerning the Rife and Excellency of this Science, that its Candi dates may underfiand what a Kind of Science it is. To which they are about to dedicate them Ielves and that it may be made manifeita ainfi: thofe, who flight thofe Things, whereo? They are ignorant of how great Value and Dignity this Knowledge is, which the wifeft Men of 'all Ages have, with incredible Study, labour'd Lto attain unto, and'become poffefs'd oe More I mufi own that-peter Ramus's Labours 'have'been of great Service to me in the com. 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.