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Excerpt from Owls of the Always Open: A Novel You shall not again ask me to hold the candle While you dissect your abominable subject. Last night I dreamt that the poor negro came to life under your scalpel. And Wished to retain me to prosecute you for a post mortem assault. 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.