Lanterna Rally

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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-26

Total Pages: 572

ISBN-13: 9781334072017

Excerpt from The Canadian Monthly and National Review, Vol. 7: January to June, 1875 EW acts that we perform bring with them more of inward admonition than the changing of the date as we enter upon a new year. How often by force of habit we write mechanically the old familiar figures, only to be reminded, as we correct them, of days that are no more. The feel ings excited within us, as we think of the year that has gone, 'vary with our individual experiences 3 but to all, except the very young or the very thoughtless, re ections are suggested that ought to be, and no doubt are, in a greater or less degree whole some. The ight of time leaves us all something to mourn over, or, at least, regret. Our standard of duty and our aim in life must have been low if we have fully realized either the one or the other. There is no sense in undue self-depreciation, and when a man has, upon the whole, done well, he ought to acknowledge the fact to himself, though he need not boast of it to others. But who that has done well does not feel that he might, and therefore ought, to have done'better? It is the most elevated cha racters, as a rule, those whose lives are the worthiest, that know least of the pleasures of self-complacency. 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."