Synopsis
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
One night, about four years ago, I was dining with a party of friends at a well-known New York hotel. The talk had turned, as it so often does, to the subject of women, and, during it, some of my friends began to poke a little good-natured fun at me because of an interview I had given a few days before to one of the New York newspapers. The purpose of this interview had been to discuss a play of mine, then running at a theatre in the city, but through the ingenuity of my interviewer, I had been led into a discussion of marriage. It seems that I had said, rather ponderously, I fear: Nature has no sense of humor One of the party, a woman, did not think much of my attempted epigram, and demanded that I explain it. This was not easy I hazarded something to the effect that Nature was probably too busily engaged in the serious business of running the universe to waste much time upon those who tried to play jokes upon her by trifling with her fundamental laws. Pressed for a case in point, I mentioned the unblushing way in which women make use of the power of sex attraction to procure for themselves the good things of life. The woman who had questioned my epigram evidently thought as little of my explanation. She asserted, with entire seriousness, that no decent woman could possibly be guilty of anything of the sort. I glanced across the table and caught the eye of one of the men of the party, the editor of a rather widely read magazine.
(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
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