Excerpt from At the Sign of the Van: Being the Log of the Papyrus, With Other Escapades; In Life It is added that the man lived happily ever after ward, but I do not envy his subsequent felicity - it seems to me he should have had more fun for his money. Having had some experience in kind and paid full price for it, I must feel a certain contempt for even so heroic a quitter. On the whole, al though there is (god knows) too much publishing in the world, I should not hold up this man as an Object of emulation. It is just ...
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Excerpt from At the Sign of the Van: Being the Log of the Papyrus, With Other Escapades; In Life It is added that the man lived happily ever after ward, but I do not envy his subsequent felicity - it seems to me he should have had more fun for his money. Having had some experience in kind and paid full price for it, I must feel a certain contempt for even so heroic a quitter. On the whole, al though there is (god knows) too much publishing in the world, I should not hold up this man as an Object of emulation. It is just that men should not be able to point even to a pelt of him on the barn door of achievement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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