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Author: Sydney Smith Publisher: ISBN: 9781330518700 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 590
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Excerpt from The Edinburgh Review, Vol. 77: Or Critical Journal for February, 1843; ..April, 1843; To Be Continued Quarterly In short, there is no disguising it, the grand principle of modern existence is notoriety; we live and move and have our being in print. Hardly a second-rate Dandy can start for the moors, or a retired Slopseller leave London for Margate, without announcing the 'fashionable movement' in the Morning Post; and what Curran said of Byron, that 'he wept for the press, and wiped his eyes with the public, ' may now be predicated of everyone who is striving for any sort of distinction. He must not only weep, but eat, drink, walk, talk, hunt, shoot, give parties, and travel, in the newspapers. People now-a-days contemptuously reject the old argument, 'whom not to know argues yourself unknown.' The universal inference is, that, if a man be not known, he cannot be worth knowing; and any attempt to couple merit with modesty, is invariably met with the well-known aphorism of the Reverend Sydney Smith, that the only connexion between them is their both beginning with an m. In this state of things it is useless to swim against the stream, and folly to differ from our contemporaries: a prudent youth will purchase the last edition of 'The Art of Rising in the World, or Every Man his own Fortune-maker, ' and sedulously practise the main precept it enjoins - never to omit an opportunity of placing your name in printed characters before the world. It may be argued, that, when every body takes to puffing, it comes to nearly the same thing as if nobody puffed at all; but the well-known aphorism holds good - 'Be not the first to lay the old aside, Be not the first by whom the new are tried.' Besides, in the lottery of life as at present managed, though the blanks may be more numerous, the prizes are proportionably rich. 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.
Author: Sydney Smith Publisher: ISBN: 9781330518700 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 590
Book Description
Excerpt from The Edinburgh Review, Vol. 77: Or Critical Journal for February, 1843; ..April, 1843; To Be Continued Quarterly In short, there is no disguising it, the grand principle of modern existence is notoriety; we live and move and have our being in print. Hardly a second-rate Dandy can start for the moors, or a retired Slopseller leave London for Margate, without announcing the 'fashionable movement' in the Morning Post; and what Curran said of Byron, that 'he wept for the press, and wiped his eyes with the public, ' may now be predicated of everyone who is striving for any sort of distinction. He must not only weep, but eat, drink, walk, talk, hunt, shoot, give parties, and travel, in the newspapers. People now-a-days contemptuously reject the old argument, 'whom not to know argues yourself unknown.' The universal inference is, that, if a man be not known, he cannot be worth knowing; and any attempt to couple merit with modesty, is invariably met with the well-known aphorism of the Reverend Sydney Smith, that the only connexion between them is their both beginning with an m. In this state of things it is useless to swim against the stream, and folly to differ from our contemporaries: a prudent youth will purchase the last edition of 'The Art of Rising in the World, or Every Man his own Fortune-maker, ' and sedulously practise the main precept it enjoins - never to omit an opportunity of placing your name in printed characters before the world. It may be argued, that, when every body takes to puffing, it comes to nearly the same thing as if nobody puffed at all; but the well-known aphorism holds good - 'Be not the first to lay the old aside, Be not the first by whom the new are tried.' Besides, in the lottery of life as at present managed, though the blanks may be more numerous, the prizes are proportionably rich. 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.
Author: George Cornewall Lewis Publisher: Arkose Press ISBN: 9781345969498 Category : Languages : en Pages : 580
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Hardpress Publisher: Hardpress Publishing ISBN: 9781313079105 Category : Languages : en Pages : 598
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Author: Sydney Smith Publisher: Arkose Press ISBN: 9781345786941 Category : Languages : en Pages : 592
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