Forthwith I mingled with my fellow-men, / And studiously from records of the past, / And from the flowing tide of human being, / Cull’d deepest knowledge of their history,— / Intent to fructify my life with theirs / In sweetful, wide communion.

The calculated total appeared to be wrong.

The first were the Veientes, a people of Tuscany, who had large possessions, and dwelt in a spacious city; […]

An estimation of the wildberry crop surplus due to bees' pollination is very difficult.