The Lifeboat: Large Print

By: Ballantyne, Robert Michael

The "Three Jolly Tars" was one of those low taverns where seamen were wont to congregate-not because it was a low tavern, but because there was no other sort of tavern-high or low-in that neighbourhood.The world (that is to say, the delicately-nurtured and carefully-tended world) is apt to form erroneous opinions in regard to low taverns, and degradation, and sin in general, -arising from partial ignorance and absolute inexperience, which it is important that we should correct in order that the characters of our story may not be falsely judged. God forbid that it should be for a moment supposed that we have a word to say in favour of low taverns. Our aim just now is, not to consider these, but, to convince the reader, if possible, that every man who enters one of them is not necessarily a lost or utterly depraved creature.It is undoubtedly true that these low taverns are moral pig-sties. Nay, we owe an apology to the pigs for the comparison. Sties appear to be places of abode suited to the nature and tastes of their occupants, and the grumps who inhabit them seem not only to rejoice in them (for this alone would be no argument, inasmuch as the same may be affirmed of men who rejoice in low taverns), but to be utterly incapable of higher enjoyment out of them. Let a pig out of his stye, afford him every conceivable opportunity of intellectual and physical improvement, and he will carefully search out the nearest mudhole-unhappy until he finds it-will thrust not only his nose but his body into it, and will find supreme enjoyment in wallowing in the mire; and no blame to him for this; he is grumpish by nature. Yes, a low tavern is beneath the level of a pig-stye

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B091766PST
• ISBN13: 9798730051096
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"