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Excerpt from Library of Universal History and Popular Science, Vol. 25 of 25: Containing a Record of the Human Race From the Earliest Historical Period to the Present Time
Being myself naturally rather prone to suffer from low spirits, I have at several of these gatherings taken the Opportunity Of dwelling on the privi leges and blessings we enjoy, and I reprint here the substance Of some of these addresses (omitting what was special to the circumstances Of each case, and freely making any altera tions and additions which have since occurred to me), hoping that the thoughts and quotations in which I have myself found most comfort may perhaps be Of use to others also. It is hardly necessary to say that I have not by any means referred to all the sources of happiness Open to us, some indeed Of the greatest pleasures and blessings being altogether omit ted. 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.
