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Excerpt from My Early Days
Nor by way of introduction or explanation to you, dear friend, who know me so well, do I write this ex ordium, Neither that I may put you forward as the apology for the book which now lies tbefore me. If I felt that it needed any, (as to its motive) I should return it to the shelf whence I have just taken the manuscript. If I believed that, (as to its execution) it was inferior to my best power, I would not ungraciously charge you with the responsibility of its production. Then why do I place your sign upon this page? 'because, in view of what is done, there are a few words to be said which can be more freely and vitally said to you than to any other individual, or to that vague personage, the public. 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.
