Excerpt from The Philosophers of the Smoking Room I am afraid that, to some extent at least, I agree with the Doctor: although I did say that no suicide could be justified in his action. Certain things are called wrong by the mass. To some small extent, at least, we are all agreed upon our principles of morality. But the common herd is beginning to look to new teachers; and religion grows decrepit and impotent apace. A life cut off in a fine frenzy of passion is a fit theme for an epic. Without wrong, to take the question to a broader plane, there is no shadow to relieve the lights of life, no contrast, no beauty. 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.