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LIFE
AND
LITERATURE
OVER TWO THOUSAND EXTRACTS
FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN WRITERS,
AND CLASSIFIED
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
BY
J. PURVER RICHARDSON.
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Copyright 1910
By J. PURVER RICHARDSON
PRESS OF
BROWN-MORRISON CO.
LYNCHBURG, VA.
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PREFACE
Good sir, or madam, whosoever thou mayest be, to whom this volume shallcome, cast it not aside, but read it. Its quaint, curious, and helpfulselections have been gathered through many years of careful research onboth sides of the Atlantic. They will make thee wiser and better, andwill conduce to the growth of thy mind, and the health of thy body. Letthis book be to thee a magazine of literary food, of which thou shaltpartake, and which thou shalt assimilate and digest to the constantincrease of thy well being.
The gathering of this bouquet of literary gems has been a work ofpleasure, but the compiler shall say nothing of himself for, "the leastthat one can say of himself is still too much."
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DEDICATED
AFFECTIONATELY
TO
MY CHILDREN
JOHN PURVER AND ANNIE SUE,
AND
The magic ring of home—my kith and kin;
Who walk with me as friends, and wish me well;
Unknown to me—who read and understand."
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