The White Rose Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The White Rose I can work, sir, well enough, replied the pupil, when I have an object. An object! Retorted the tutor, lifting his eyebrows in that stage of astonishment which is but one degree removed from disgust; gracious heavens, sir, if your whole success in life, your character, your position, the very bread you eat, is not an object, I should like to know what is! Gerard knew, but he wasn't going to tell Mr. Archer; and I think that in this instance the latter showed less than his usual tact and discrimination in the characters of the young. 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.