Excerpt from The History of the English Paragraph: A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Arts, Literature, and Science, of the University of Chicago, in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The various signs of the paragraph, as they appear in English manuscripts and English books, are a legacy from classical scribes, and must be studied in the light of their origin. 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.