Excerpt from The Complete Works of L. E. Landon The course of life is like the child's game here we go round by the rule of contrary and youth, above all others, is the season of united opposites, with all its freshness and buoyancy. At no period of our existence is depression of the Spirits more common or more painful. As we advance in life our du ties become defined; we act more from neces sity, and less from impulse; custom takes the place of energy, and feelings, no longer powerfully excited, are proportionably-quiet in reaction. But youth, balancing itself upon hope, is forever in extremes its expectations are continually aroused only to be baffled; and disappointment, like a summer shower, is violent in proportion to its brevity. 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.