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Excerpt from Martin Faber, Vol. 1 of 2: The Story of a Criminal and Other Tales
It will be seen from this, that the author somewhat earnestly insisted upon his moral. He thought it highly valuable, and, in his estimation, it was evidently meant to do great things. How it came, after this, that the book was immoral, has created as much sur prise in his mind, as, doubtless, it must have created in many of those who subsequently read it. Two years have elapsed since its first publication, and many have been the criticisms, pro and con, which have been written upon the work; yet is he incorrigible enough to aver, that he does not yet perceive where the moral fails. This confession may shock some and astonish others - it is proof of inveteracy somewhere, certainly; but, as the modest adventurer, liable to suspicion, is apt to say in the newspapers, let us beg that, for a while at least, public opinion may be suspended.
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