The Twentieth Century Epic

R. B. Garnett.
By R. B. Garnett
THE ROXBURGH PUBLISHING CO., INC. Boston
Copyrighted 1914 By REUBEN BRODIE GARNETT All Rights Reserved
To the human race this little book is dedicated, with the hope that it may bring some cheer, and also teach you a few things that may lessen your burdens. The subjects that I have put into rhyme are presented as they come to me from my life of experience.
My criticisms may appear too severe, but remember that only your truest friends are allowed to tell you of your faults.
REUBEN BRODIE GARNETT.
The TWENTIETH CENTURY EPIC

By the Author.
This poem that I have dignified with the term epic, was written by inspiration, and is dedicated to the human race. I have used the term epic with no intention of assuming a dignity not due my production; but, in the sense that the precepts and warnings contained therein, have a lofty purpose; and are graphically set forth in the plainest words in the English language.
I have not indulged in similes or hyperboles; nor does my epic abound with those picturesque figures of comparison found in Homer or Virgil, nor those cadences and swells found in The Paradise Lost, describing the headlong falls and gigantic flights of those god-like personages peopling the heavens and earth in the poetic mind; nor does my inspiration come from muse or divine breath; nor did it descend upon me from above; on the contrary, it sprang up out of the deep feeling I have for my kind, especially those in the strained walks of life.