Excerpt from Juvenile DelinquencyMan is a bundle of antinomies! On the one hand he is selfish, egotistical and ambitious: on the other hand he is careless and thoughtless of self, devoid of foresight and impractical. He spends his time accumulating materials with which to be happy in his old age; and is so careless of his health that he does not live to enjoy his acquisitions.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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