“Declaring an Open Season on the Wisdom of the Ages” By: Robert Wernick Many of us look at an encyclopedia and look at it as just another book or a piece of literature, not knowing how it all came about. It was written about 250 years ago in France by a group of very educated men and one woman; this book that some of us view as simple took about a quarter of a century to …showed first 75 words of 710 total…

…showed last 75 words of 710 total…is widely used by students, professors, and pleasure purposes all over the world. With technology, it is on CD’s, computers and on the Internet. It can be used for many purposes, mainly for research purposes. Fortunately, times have changed, especially here in America where people have the right to print what ever they want. The encyclopedia is no longer a controversial subject and will probably be printed until the end of time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**