Excerpt from The Duellists, or Men of Honour: A Story, Calculated to Shew the Folly, Extravagance, and Sin of Duelling Fragrance; for, to him, they are as the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily ofthe Val ley. There are many authors too, who exclude from their books the oracles of god, while abundance of quotations from philosophers and poets are strewed about their frigid morality: thus the only source of virtue is neglected, and man, relying on. Himself, remains in. 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.