Excerpt from Revelations: The Epistle of Nathan the WiseNow the Fathers of the people did bequeath unto them and unto their children a Ship of State, built for Freight and for Speed, broad in the beam, sloping in graceful curve, docile to the helm that the currents of parting waters might aid and not impede her course.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.