ISBN: 9781330807019

Excerpt from His Prison Bars: A Temperance StoryHE was just a common man. That is to say, he was not one of the few, set high up by Genius, and standing, so to Speak, alone. Talent of a k… Plus…

Excerpt from His Prison Bars: A Temperance StoryHE was just a common man. That is to say, he was not one of the few, set high up by Genius, and standing, so to Speak, alone. Talent of a kind, or of several kinds, he certainly possessed. The world spoke of his gifts, and so I suppose he was gifted. But the many have gifts as great as had he; and his talent was not extraordinary. He had some tact, and considerable assurance. He was pliable: he could adapt himself to places and demands. He was reputed shrewd, and not without reason, since he could not have become all that he did become, lacking shrewdness. Yet he was voluntarily in prison.His prison bars were of a common kind. You and I have seen the same a thousand times. You are fortunate, indeed, if you have never looked out from behind them. I have seen them well gilded, and so attractive men would smile upon them. I have beheld them jagged and rough, frowning with hard suggestion and cruel fact. How did his look to him? Were they in his sight prison bars at all? Not for long years. Not until he had gone out and in between them, free and yet not free, until toward mid dle life.Before that time came there were years of experience, of hard work, of ambitious purpose, of partial successes, of miserable failures, of bitter but unavailing repentance. With these my story has to do.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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. Alphonso Alva Hopkins, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, His Prison Bars: A Temperance Story (Classic Reprint) Books>Fiction and Literature>Fiction, FB&C Ltd<

2015, ISBN: 1330807014

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[EAN: 9781330807019], New book, [PU: Forgotten Books, United States], Language: English . This book usually ship within 10-15 business days and we will endeavor to dispatch orders quicker than this where possible. Brand New Book. Excerpt from His Prison Bars: A Temperance Story About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at 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.<