Excerpt from The Adventures of Young Maverick T 0 cheer up those down trodden luckless spirits Like me, who lack the gold, but have all other merits. Here, just a little whisper on the side, As in the gallant days it was intended, In case some reader lacked patrician' s pride, But was from vulgar commoner descended, And had not gentle' to his name appended, Why, just so now, dear reader, if, by chance, You lack that cash by which all woes are mended, And only hold that native elegance Which by all eyes it seems is marked upon first glance, Why, if, alack, you work at some profession, Or are a slave to a big corporation, And only have as personal possession A lively Wit and liberal education, Why, then, keep quiet in your situation, Read unmolested, undisturbed by me, I'll not despise you for your humble station, Although, of course, you can't expect to see Me give you nod and smile in such grand company. 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.