Excerpt from The Problems of Youth: A Series of Discourses for Young People on Themes From the Book of Proverbs The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowl edge. - Prov. 1: 7. MMI, an Indian sage, took a seed one day and cut it in two. Then turning to his son he asked, What do you see, my child? A seed, father, was the reply. And what do you see in the seed? A small speck, was the answer. And what do you see in the speck? Nothing, said his son. Ah where you see nothing, I see a great tree, replied the father. The difference in men, after all, is the dif ference in what they see. Where some see only a stone, others read the history of the world; where one man beholds nothing but a bush touched with the red glow of the setting sun, another sees heavenly flames and hears the voice of the Almighty. 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.