Excerpt from The Princeton Review: July, 1859The unwise use of strength is represented by the son of a carpenter who was called by his father to kill a mosquito that had lighted on his bald pate. The boy seizes an adze, and strikes such a blow that he not only k111s the mosquito, but his father too.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.

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