Excerpt from Leaves of Life Day by day we add them, these Leaves of Life, to the great Book of Time. Let us endeavor to make each day's leaf a clean one, free of blotch or smear. If there be grief and failure let us trace it plainly, without fear or shame; if there be joy and success let it stand forth in all its glory, shorn of pride or false modesty. That which we do is ours, so let us strive to do it well, fearing neither man nor God; and at the end, when the final score is marked in the great Book of Time, we may look upon our work, and say simply, It is ours. 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.