请问这道完型填空的答案是什么?

请问这道完型填空的答案是什么?
If any one shal endeavour to account for the (1)stated in these pages by ascribing them to any (2)circumstance peculiar to myself ,I think he will be (3).That science has long been neglected and declining in (4),is not an pinion originating with me ,but (5)shared by many,and has been expressedby higher (6) mine.I shall offer a few notices on this (7),which ,from their seattered position,are unlikely to have (8) the reader's attention,and which,when combined with the facts I have (9) in subsequent pages,will be admitted to deserve considerable (10) .The following extract from the article Chemistry,in the (11) Metropolitana,is from the pen of a gentleman equally (12) by his extensive reading,and from his acquaintance with foreign (13),to form an opinion entitled to respect.Difering from him(14) as to the cause,I may be permitted to (15) him as high authority for the fact.