Old Foye Days Vol. 2: An Authentic Account of the Exploits of the Smugglers in and Around the Port of Fowey (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Old Foye Days Vol. 2: An Authentic Account of the Exploits of the Smugglers in and Around the Port of Fowey<br><br>That the polruan mutual improvement society (limited) came into being that it enjoyed a useful if all too brief career; and that it fell into dissolution ere ever the world had come to realise its existence is all that really need. Be known about it. To be sure that vigilant watch-dog the con temporary press may be searched in vain for any allusion to the Society. But have not. Some of the most momentous revolutions in the world''s history been hatched in the quietude of a back parlour? And does not our greatest historian tell us: that the circumstances which have most in?uenced the happiness. Of man kind have bee-n for the most part noiseless revolutions?<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.