Excerpt from Now But multitudes waste what they actually possess, in vain regrets for what they once had, or vain intentions respecting what is not yet theirs. Alas! Says one, Ihave thrown away the choicest opportunities - the best part of my life is lost -0, if those years might re turn, how differently would I now act! Those years cannot return. But you have the pres ent moment! Why add the neglect of the present which you can improve, to the heap of lost Opportunities which are now far be yond your reach? 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.