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The Works of Daniel Defoe, Vol. 3 of 3: Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe With His Vision of the Angelic World (Classic Reprint)
Daniel Defoe
Paperback. Forgotten Books 2015-09-27.
ISBN 9781331387503
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Excerpt from The Works of Daniel Defoe, Vol. 3 of 3: Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe With His Vision of the Angelic World As the design of everything is said to be first in the intention, and last in the execution, so I come now to acknowledge to may reader that the present work is not merely the product of the two first volumes, but the two first volumes may rather be called the product of this. The fable is always made for the moral, not the moral for the fable. I have heard that the envious and ill-disposed part of the world have raised some objections against the two first volumes, on pretence, for want of a better reason, that (as they say) the story is feigned, that the names are borrowed, and that it is all a romance; that there never were any such man or place, or circumstances in any man's life; that it is all formed and embellished by invention to impose upon the world. I, Robinson Crusoe, being at this time in perfect and sound mind and memory, thanks be to God therefor, do hereby declare their objection is an invention scandalous in design, and false in fact; and do affirm that the story, though allegorical, is also historical; and that it is the beautiful representation of a life of unexampled misfortunes, and of a variety not to be met with in the world, sincerely adapted to and intended for the common good of mankind, and designed at first, as it is now farther applied, to the most serious uses possible. 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
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