In Maiden Meditation (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from In Maiden Meditation Em philosophers but interpret the wisdom of Plato, and each succeeding generation of wise men but gives the same answers to the same old questions that still defy solu tion. And there is no new thing under the sun. I have omitted the pestiferous quotation-mark, assuming that my readers have wandered as widely as I have. They will recognize, I am sure, without fur ther indication, the rare gems, which, as old friends, ¿ash back smiles of recognition, and they will, I hope, appreciate and enjoy the new ones found on every page, deem ing them worthy, if only in a small degree, of the good company in which they are found. It is, after all, only a simple record of awoman's moods, caprices, tendernesses, dreams. May the mosaic be judged har monious, whether the fragments be seized from Diogenes or Dr. Holmes, from Balzac, George Eliot, or Julien Gordon, or whether they are only the dreams and theories of. 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.