Excerpt from Familiar Words, as Affecting the Character of Englishmen and the Fate of England Then were they in trouble because of the nets, and they mourned for Socrates, and they called to his disciples Come and teach us how Socrates did untie the nets. Then one of his disciples said, Thus did Socrates untie the nets. And that disciple made the nets of the Sophists, and said, Thus did Socrates net and the people rejoiced, for they loved the nets; albeit they mourned for Socrates. 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.