This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...and twenty years later he is not satisfied. The man of middle age bends his neck to the yoke that he may the sooner enter on his well-earned rest, and when it is eventide he lives again in the efforts of his children. Life is ever an ambition; never a possession. The pursuit of the ideal is not really a craze of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...and twenty years later he is not satisfied. The man of middle age bends his neck to the yoke that he may the sooner enter on his well-earned rest, and when it is eventide he lives again in the efforts of his children. Life is ever an ambition; never a possession. The pursuit of the ideal is not really a craze of certain minds, it is the necessity laid on us all: illusion is not one of the disabilities of life, it is a principle of Providence. This principle explains life, clearing up some very perplexing mysteries and changing a riddle into a design. There is a world of difference between delusion and illusion. If life were so arranged that we should be led on in search of El Dorado, and should perish miserably having received nothing, then had we been cruelly wronged, and the evil-doer had been God. Upon those terms one could not believe in God, one must be a pessimist and an atheist. But if we be skilfully tempted to dig for gold in our neglected vineyard, not that we may find gold which would be a doubtful blessing, but that we may gather every year richer clusters of the vine, then we have received beyond our expectations, and this good thing has come from God. Our principle also beautifies life, for it suggests the tenderness and thoughtfulness of our heavenly Father. For there are two methods of government, one by compulsion and one by allurement; and it is a proof of the Divine wisdom and goodness, that at every step of life we are invited, not threatened. Prizes are continually held before our eyes, and we are strengthened to endure by the joy set before us. For the heritage of manhood a child does not complain of pupilage; for the achievements of success a young man welcomes risk and peril; for the sweetness of rest a man accepts the hardships of l...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In good all round condition. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners. Internally clean. Tight binding. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN:
