Origin of the Scots and the Scottish Language: Inquiry Preliminary to the Proper Understanding of Scottish History and Literature (Classic Reprint)

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N 0 question has puzzled antiquaries more than the Origin of the Scottish People and Language. The fabulous derivations in which our early historians indulged - not even exclusive of the classic Buchanan - opened a wide field for speculation; and the few authorities, prior to the existence of indubitable national records, whose state ments can at all be relied upon, have had their facts twisted into all manner of meanings, or been wholly set aside, according to the peculiar views of the respective combatants.

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