The Boston Boy Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Boston Boy The maxim that Honesty is the best policy, is a true one; and yet, if followed lit erally, it is not expressive of the motive which should actuate one in his intercourse with his fellow-creatures; for there are multitudes who are deterred from the commission of crime, not because of its wickedness, but be cause public Opinion makes it unpopular, ' dangerous, and disgraceful, if detected. 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.