The Guidon, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from The Guidon, Vol. 3: Jan, Feb, , 1907It is the picture of Sidney Carton, the Jackal, that arouses our deepest pity and indignation. We see a man of magnificent intellect debasing the powers which might have been used for some noble purpose, by working night after night through piles of manu script, until even his strong brain must have wearied, to the end that Stryver, his unworthy colleague, might reap the benefit of his endeavors. The occupations of one night may illustrate Carton's life at this time, for all the days and all the nights were alike, that made the pity of it. How he wasted these priceless hours'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.