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Excerpt from The Young Gentleman's Library: A Repository of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge But to return to the moral good which results from the acquisition of knowledge; it is chiefly tins, that by multi plying the mental, resources, it has a tendency to exalt the character, and; in Some measure, to correct and subdue the taste for gross sensuality. It enables the possessor to be guile his leisure moments (and every man has such) in an innocent at least, if not iii-a useful manner. 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.