Excerpt from The Young Emancipator, a Freethought Magazine, Vol. 1: November, 1878 The other day I heard a woman say The trams run more smoother than the 'buses. Now, this should have been more smoothly. Tor, for another example, we should say: Glass is smoother than iron; such a word as more being quite unnecessary. The very best is a phrase which is often used, and is generally accepted as substantially correct. But it is nevertheless an absurdity. The best is the best, viz., the highest degree of goodness, and the addition of the word very can add no force to that. 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.