Excerpt from The Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton, Vol. 2 of 3 To a young man in my situation, it is per haps a misfortune, that in London there is scarcely any length to which dissipation may not be carried without loss of character. An individual forms so small a fraction Of the mighty mass, and his proceedings are so much a matter Of indifference to those around him, that the check of public opinion, which in smaller socie ties exerts so salutary an influence, is entirely removed. There is no privacy like that one enjoys in the crowd of a million, and it has been truly said by. Dr Johnson, that he who would live perfectly secluded from his fellow men, should make London the theatre Of his solitude. Engrossed by pleasure, I was insensible Of the rapidity with which time flew by. The weeks allowed for preparation were gone, when I imagined them to be scarcely commenced. 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.