Brownsons Quarterly Review 1861 Vol 2 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Brownson's Quarterly Review, Vol. 2 And youth in its rashness and inexperience often at tempts what is impracticable, and indulges dreams which no wise man could wish to see realized. Age has no right to do wrong, and I admit that there are old men who have profited little even in the hard school of experience, and who are devoured by an insane ambition or an insatiable avarice long after they have outlived every other passion, and when they have one foot already in t e grave. Yet, Old men for counsel and young men for war, remains as one of those precious maxims in which is condensed the wisdom of mankind. The young prince who, on coming to the throne, dismisses the experienced counsellors Of his wise father, and surrounds himself with advisers of his own age, is generally regarded as on the high-road to the ruin of himself, if not of his kingdom. Sometimes, in deed, we find a marvellous young man, wise beyond his years; but ordinarily the wise head is not found on young shoulders. But, Uncle Jack, you forget that the youth of our gene ration have advantages which those Of former generations had not. 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.