Palissy the Potter: The Life of Bernard Palissy, of Saintes (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Palissy the Potter: The Life of Bernard Palissy, of SaintesWho shall hope now to teach the people, when the sole writer from the ranks of the peasants who spoke to them in their language of their life, of their labours, of their interests, from pure experience alone, is, not known to them even by name after three centuries lwho will be worthy, who will be capable of instructing the people, when this man, whose entire life was a constant initiation, who, seeking an Art by which to subsist, raised himself, step by step, to the creation of several modern Sciences, has received no attention either fi'om the wise or from the simple?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.