Because of this mistaken belief, Young put roadblocks in his own path. However, he had laid a solid groundwork for others in the
ir attempts to decipher the hieroglyphs. Based on this excerpt, what is James Cross Giblin’s attitude toward the achievements of Thomas Young? Giblin believes Young made valuable contributions to future researchers’ attempts to decipher the hieroglyphs. Giblin believes Young made minor contributions to future researchers’ attempts to decipher the hieroglyphs. Giblin believes Young made important discoveries, but that they were unrelated to future researchers’ attempts to decipher the hieroglyphs. Giblin believes Young made meaningless discoveries, and his efforts set up roadblocks for others attempting to decipher the hieroglyphs.
<em>Because of this mistaken belief, Young put roadblocks in his own path. However, he had laid a solid groundwork for others in their attempts to decipher the hieroglyphs.</em> Based on this excerpt James Cross Giblin believes Young made valuable contributions to future researchers’ attempts to decipher the hieroglyphs. He explicitly says that he <em>laid solid groundwork </em>meaning his contributions paved the way for the ones coming behind.
The fact that he may have made mistakes in his own path does not overshadow his previous work.
