Author(s): Oliver Wendell Holmes
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 326
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2018-09-15
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 19mm
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Illustrations: 4 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white

Excerpt from A Mortal Antipathy: First Opening of the New Portfolio Pray, do you remember, when there was an accession to the nursery in which you have a special interest, whether the new-comer was commonly spoken of as a baby? Was it not, on the contrary, invariably, under all conditions, in all companies, by the whole household, Spoken of as the baby? And was the small receptacle provided for it commonly Spoken of as a cradle; or was it not always called the cradle, as if there were no other in existence? Now this New Portfolio is the cradle in which I am to rock my new-born thoughts, and from which I am to lift them carefully and Show them to callers, namely, to the whole family of readers belonging to my list of intimates, and such other friends as may drop in by accident. And so it shall have the definite article, and not be lost in the mob of its fellows as a portfolio. There are a few personal and incidental matters of which I wish to say something before reaching the con tents of the Portfolio, whatever these may be. I have had other portfolios before this, -two, more especially. 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.