Excerpt from Address of John Pease to Friends in America There is a tendency among young persons in this land, to take the government of themselves upon their own shoul ders very early in life. In so doing they are not wise. Their parents and older Friends, have nothing more earnestly to desire, than the present and eternal happiness of their successors; and having tried the paths of life, they have learned by experience much which cannot be otherwise understood; and that which they have dearly bought, should not be undervalued by those to whom it is tendered for their benefit. I would entreat yoti to guard against restlessness, and a desire to change the lot in which Divine Providence has placed you. In carefully considering the position of young Friends, I incline to the opinion, that, in the general. 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.