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Excerpt from Lectures to Young Men: On Various Important Subjects The new edition of Beecher's Lectures to Young Men, now first offered to the public, has been enriched with three additional Lectures, namely, those on "Profane Swearing," "Vulgarity," and "Happiness." The sale of more than sixty thousand copies of the previous editions is the best evidence of the merits of the book. The original edition consisted of the first seven lectures; in 1856 the eighth was added, under the title of "Relative Duties" (this is now called "Practical Hints"). The present issue, which will be the permanent and standard form of the book in the Uniform Edition of Mr. Beecher's works, contains eleven lectures In order to show the estimation in which the book has always been held, it has been deemed best to reproduce some of the notices of the earlier editions, those of the first largely from the Western, of the third from the Eastern papers. Mr. Beecher also adds to his former Prefaces some reminiscences of the origin of the Lectures. 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.

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Excerpt from Lectures to Young Men, on Various Important Subjects I ask every rouse nun who may read this book, not to submit his judgment to mine, not to hate because I denounce, nor blindly to follow me; but to weigh my reasons, that he may form his own judgment. I only claim the place of a com panion; and that I may gain his ear, I have sought to present truth in those forms which best please the young; and though I am not without h0pe of satisfying the aged and the wise, my whole thought has been to carry with me the intelligent sympathy of rouse nan. 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.