Excerpt from Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association: In Exeter Hall, From November 1853, to February 1854 The following Lectures are the Ninth of the Annual Series which have been delivered for the young men's christian association, and form one of its agencies for promoting the Spiritual and mental improvement of Young Men. As far as is practicable, the arrangement of the Lectures is made with a view to their twofold influence in delivery and publication. Some were specially adapted for imme diate usefulness, While the value and beauty of others will be most appreciated through their careful study. To gather together, to interest, and to instruct, audiences such as those to whom these Lectures were addressed, consisting of upwards of three thousand persons, is a great privi lege; and the Committee gratefully acknowledge their obligation to the most kind and able co-operation of their valued friends, the Lecturers. 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.