Excerpt from Man Proposes: Or the Romace of John Alden Shaw I can remember thinking somewhat rebelliously, as I began my work that August morning, that I was beyond cavil the very busiest man in Boston. And indeed my thought was probably founded upon fact, for it is fair to say that the youngest member Of one Of the Oldest, largest and busiest firms of lawyers in a big city has at the best no sinecure, and such was my position in the office Of Thomas, Richards and Henry. Not only is such a one continually at the beck and call Of the members Of the firm, all of whom quite naturally expect their particular cases to receive first attention, but each and every one of the remainder Of the Office force is forever celebrating his relief from a Similar bondage by cheerfully placing upon the already over-laden Shoulders Of the unfortunate man who answers to the most lowly name upon the office door, any matter which may conceivably be regarded as beneath his august con Sideration. 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.