Author: Thomas BallPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483581258
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Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Excerpt from My Threescore Years and Ten Although as yet hardly realizing that the gentle companion the light, and perhaps too much the idol - of the happier half of my Threescore Years and Ten has gone forever from my sight, I shrink from the thought of submitting to un sympathizing or indifferent readers the lightly and hopefully written record of those years. But re calling to my mind the tender interest with which my dear wife watched the progress of my work as she sat by my side while I wrote, and how much of her bright life I have woven into it, it seems to me that to her dear friends I could not ofier a more pleasant or acceptable memorial of her faith ful, cheerful, pure, and helpful life than I have blended with my own in this volume each line of which was penned with loving thoughts of her whose sunny influence will be recognized on every. 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.
