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Excerpt from The Baltimore Repertory of Papers on Literary and Other Topics, Including a Selection of English Dramas: Vis. Wild Oats-by O'keeffe, Doubtful Son-by Diamond, the Devil to Pay-by Lucas, the Liar-by Bickerstaff But we are not born for ourselves. The recluse whe ther abstracted by choice or banished by disgust, leaves a void in society. Social happiness is the great purpose of life to attain it the efforts of all are required. The intellectual pow ers of the mind must be cultivated, before art can embellish or science enlighten. This is the glorious privilege, the high prerogative, of literature. Her light is not theignus fatuus that bewilders the benighted traveller, but it is a steady and unquenchable torch which guides him to safety. 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.