The Penny Sunday Reader Vol 2 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Penny Sunday Reader, Vol. 2 BY the blessing of God, we have been permitted to bring a second volume to its conclusion, and again to address our readers upon our past opera tions and future plans. On considering what we shall say, one of the first things which occurs to our thoughts, and, therefore, the first thing we shall notice is, what a large portion of our time, and of opportunities of doing good, is gone for ever How many of those things, which we proposed to ourselves to do in these volumes, are left undone! Again and again, have we heard, and made the remark, that, however long a time a year may seem, when we look forward, it will be found very short, when we look back upon it. We have often read, and quoted, these beautiful lines of Young: To man's false optics (from his folly false) Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep decrepit with his age. Behold him when past by; what then is seen But his broad pinions swifter than the winds? And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast, cry out on his career. 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.