Excerpt from The Swiss Family Robinson: Or Adventures of a Father and Mother and Four in a Desert Island Offered miracles of future piety and goodness, as the condition of their release from danger. My beloved children, said I to my four boys, who clung to me in their fright, God can save us, for nothing is impossible to him. We must however hold ourselves resigned, and instead of murmuring at his decree, rely that what he sees fit to do is best, and that should he call us from this earthly scene, we Shall be near him in heaven, and united through eternity. Death may be well sup ported when it does not separate those who lovef' 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.