Excerpt from Philosophical Opinion in AmericaThe honour of addressing the British Academy is not one to be declined; and in considering on what subject a not very learned person might venture to do so, it has occurred to me that I might profit by my long association with academic philosophers in America to put before you some observations on a question which is curious in itself and may become important in the future namely, how has migration to the new world affected philosophical ideas?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.