Recollections of Seventy Years, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Recollections of Seventy Years, Vol. 1 of 2 This may be termed a book of Old Age; and few themes have been more written about. But seldom have the young taken it for their theme, nor can a very young person know what age actually is. I remember, when a boy of eleven, looking at my father when he was approaching forty, and wondering if I should ever be so old as he then seemed. Well, here I am, nearly twice that age - and yet not feeling in myself that inactive and morose condition so often associated with advanced years. Shakespeare´s old Mortimer on his deathbed typifies another spirit in age - saying to his nephew, the ambitious York - But now thy uncle is removing hence, As princes do their seats, when they are cloyed With long continuance in a settled place. Such lordly condescension toward this mundane life is not to be generally expected - perhaps should not be encouraged in Christians but it has its advantages. The love of life is natural, and probably stronger in the old than the young, judging by my own experience, who at seventeen was more ready to leave this world than at seventy-five. Yet one must not cling to earthly life too closely. 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.
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