Excerpt from Gambles With Destiny Those who read, not only the lines of the stories which are here told, but also between them, will see that, under other names, and under different conditions of nationality and circumstances, it is the same man - or, to be more correct, the same Virile principle - which fights the battle with Destiny and wins or loses, as the reader and the Fates. 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.