The Yacht Club; or, The Young Boat-Builder

Excerpt from The Yacht Club: Or the Young Boat-Builder The hero is a young man of high Ms and noble purposes and the writer believes that it is unpardonable to awaken the interest and sympathy of his readers for any other than high minded and well-meaning characters. But he is not faultless; he makes some grave mistakes, even while he has high aims. The most important lesson in morals to be derived from his experience is that it is unwise and dangerous for young people to conceal their actions from their parents and friends; and that men and women who seek concealment choose darkness be cause their deeds are evil. 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.

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Reproduction of the original: The Yacht Club by Oliver Optic