Author : Robert Standish Sievier
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267165520
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (655 download)
Book Synopsis The Autobiography of Robert Standish Sievier, 1906 (Classic Reprint) by : Robert Standish Sievier
Download or read book The Autobiography of Robert Standish Sievier, 1906 (Classic Reprint) written by Robert Standish Sievier and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Autobiography of Robert Standish Sievier, 1906 If I have been somewhat lengthy in explaining these family matters, I crave the indulgence of my readers on the ground that there have been so many rumours and stories in connec tion with me that I feel it better, once and for all, to set at rest the question of whence I came. So here I am, just the ordinary individual, more or less connected in the ordinary way; and except for inheriting my grandfather's volatile characteristics I am nothing out of the common. The romances surrounding adventures, the learning travel instils in us, the glorious uncertainty of sport, the throes Of racing, all these experiences are at anyone's command, but it is the degree of success or failure attending them which creates the interest or loses it. What success or failure has been my share in perhaps one of the most varied careers of any man alive to-day, I will leave my readers to judge; but I preface my autobiography by saying, that except for one or two instances, which rather touch the heart than the conscience, I would willingly live my time over again. Taking my life from the standpoint of a man Of the world that Bohemian world which never encouraged angelic opinions or the views of an extremist - I feel I have no more to reproach myself with than has any other ordinary sinner, while I may at once say that if I were asked which I would sooner be, an angel or a devil, from the accepted standpoint as understood on this earth, I would at once declare myself a devil, for I should then at least escape that greatest of all insidious evils in man - hypocrisy. The man who has no devil in him should have been born a woman, just as much as a woman without love should have been a statue - Galatea reversed. 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.
