Excerpt from Paris and the Parisians in 1835, Vol. 1 of 2 From the very beginning of reading and writ ing - nay, doubtless from the very beginning of speaking, -truth, immortal truth has been the object of ostensible worship to all who read and to all who listen; and, in the abstract, it is nu questionably held in sincere veneration by all yet, in the detail of every-day practice, the ma jority of mankind often hate it, and are seen to bear pain, disappointment, and sorrow more pa tiently than its honoured voice when it echoes not their own opinion. 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.