Cheerful Yesterdays (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Wentworth Higginson, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331820235 ISBN 13: 9781331820239

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Cheerful Yesterdays

Probably, if the truth were known, nothing in the universe is really insignificant, not even ourselves.

When I think of the vast changes which every man of my time has seen, of the men and women whom I have known, - those who created American literature and who freed millions of slaves, - men and women whom, as the worldly-wise Lord Houghton once wrote me, Europe has learned to honor, and would do well to imitate, then I feel that, whether I will or no, something worth chronicling may be included in the proposed chapters. For the rest, the autobiographer has the least reason of all writers to concern himself about the portrayal of his own personality. He is sure to reveal it, particularly if he tries to hide it. Confucius asked, How can a man be concealed? Of all methods, certainly not by writing his reminiscences. He can escape un observed, or else mislead observers, only by holding his tongue; let him Open his lips, and we have him as he is.

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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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Excerpt from Cheerful Yesterdays

The chapters of this book have appeared at short intervals in the "Atlantic Monthly" and are here reprinted with careful revision and with a few additions. Some of the latter are taken from a sketch of the author's mother, published originally in the "Ladies' Home Journal."

These are here included by permission of the proprietors of that periodical.

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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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331820235
• ISBN 13: 9781331820239
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 388