Excerpt from The Miseries of Human Life: An Old Friend in a New Dress What does common sense know of uncommon sensitiveness Why are people called fastidious, but because they will have what they want, per fas aut mfas, let who will suffer? The same root will probably be found to have borne the fashion able term fast for though the signification may be a little modified, the main point - viz, the courage required for walking over other peeple's impertinent rights and feelings is still 'the leading idea. What business have other people with feelings? 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.