I have expatiated on the loss
of my literary maidenhead, a
memorable era in the life of
a student when he ventures to
reveal the measure of his mind.
His hopes and fears
are multiplied by the
idea of self-importance
and he believes for a
while that the eyes of
mankind are fixed on his
person and performance.
Whatever may be my present rep-
utation .. I may appreciate my
juvenile work with the imparti-
ality, and almost the indiffer-
ence, of a stranger.
Edward Gibbon
1737 - 1794
Autobiography
op. post.
Dero A. Saunders, editor
Meridian Books, 1961©
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