the true is not new and the new is not true, for nothing is true on his map; nor can Ritter's motto be used : Citius emergit veritas ex errore quam ex confusione, for Hodgson was the first Englishman, although by no means the last, to bring confusion into the French and German searching for truth in the geography of these parts and to bring our knowledge a great step in the wrong direction. And where Ritter and Humboldt erroneously preferred one range instead of d'Anville's several ranges, Hodgson followed their example and made the same mistake.
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