Teapot Philosophy, Vol. 1

Excerpt from Teapot Philosophy, Vol. 1: With Supplementary Thoughts and Suggestions Fellow seekers after truth, for the sole purpose of converting it, when found, into conduct, in presenting 'this little book for your perusal and earnest consideration, it is my sincere desire that you will not waste time in searching for literary merits, as there are none sought or claimed for it. All that I desire is, that the language may be found so plain, and the construction so simple, that the most ordinary intellects may grasp my meaning, and be utterly unable to twist my utterances to suit themselves. The facts contained in the poem Teapot Philosophy were suggested by a Chinese teapot, which I was sending to my sister on the occasion of her wedding some ten years ago, as a token of my best wishes for herself and husband. I only intended to write a few lines expressing this, but the letter continued to grow as the gravity of the situation, not only for my relatives but also for myself, forced itself upon me. One by one the facts and the difficulties inevitably issuing from them sternly and irresistibly presented themselves to me, and I was irresistibly impelled to record them. Several of these facts, and difficulties springing from them, stood out most prominently. 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.