Excerpt from The Young Philosopher, Vol. 1 of 4: A Novel A fociety of animals were once dif puting on various modes of fufi'ering, and of death; many offered their opi nions, but it was at length agreed that the (beep, as thewofi frequent vietim, could give theefifl account of the ago' nies inflie'ted by the teeth and claws of beafts of prey. 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.