Articles liés à Rocks and Shoals: Lectures to Young Men
Présentation de l'éditeur
Lectures were delivered without notes, and have all the faults which belong to extempore speech. They make no pretensions whatever to any merit of diction or style; and I hope my critics will weigh my Book, not in the scale of Rhetoric or Logic, but rather in that scale which decides the value of its advice and admonitions. I have spoken out of my great love for and my sympathy with young men; and if I have said any thing to stir a single soul to a good resolution, I am amply repaid. Let me tell a story. A young man of great promise was sitting directly in front of me during the delivery of the first Lecture, on Snares. As I described the progress of a soul on the wrong track, I noticed that he grew very uneasy.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.