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Excerpt from The Obelisk, 1973 It has been our intention to please all; how well we have succeeded we of course cannot know. We certainly hope that the majority of our readers will find nothing to offend, some things to-amuse and much to please and be treasured up in the years to come as reminders of the pleasant days we have all spent together, while endeavor ing to fit ourselves for the greater activities which will soon be upon us. 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.