Excerpt from The Bomb, 1896It was under such lashings of conscience we cleared for action, braving possible disaster, if only to satisfy those consciences of ours, and to free ourselves from taunting insinuations. -'e have found the undertaking more difficult than we could have fancied, but withal we have been diligent and honest in our endeavor, and we bespeak from our fellows, from Alumni and friends, charity for our frailties and shortcomings, which we know too well to be many and grave.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.