"Archaeologic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... unconsciously magnifying or toning down peculiarities according to his own conceptions of what was originally intended, when, as is often the case, time and the elements have combined to render shape and outlines obscure. Archaeologic treatises are full of warning lessons of this kind, and the interpretations given to ancient works of art by the erring pencil of the modern artist are responsible for many an ingenious theory which the original would never ...
— Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley • Henry W. Henshaw |
