Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from More Verse and Prose, Vol. 1 of 2
In England, Railway meetings and speeches, are everyday occurrences and the evil doings in railways constitute a drama of horrors, compared with some of the actors in which, Rush (the wretch who paid himself in blood for unexhausted improvements, ) was a stain less angel! Has not that drama its poetry? Perhaps, a hundred millions have been wasted in unwanted railways! I did my best to prevent that waste; and though. I cannot know that any of my writings or say ings will live, I desire that my children and theirs shall know (through them) that I did my duty, while others were supinefi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.