Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them

Name: Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them
Author: T. S. Arthur

by T. S. Arthur

Pages: about 176
Category: Literature & Fiction
Language: English
Reading time: 3.2 h at 250 wpm

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From the opening

"WE are never too old to learn;" is a truism that cannot be repeated too often, if, in the repetition, we do not lose the force of the sentiment. In fact, at every stage of existence we are learners; and, if we (sic) con the lessons well that are written in the great Book of Human Life, wide open before us, we will be wiser and happier. To make the study easier for some, the Stories in this little volume have been written. They present a few marked phases in life, and the lessons taught are worthy of thoughtful consideration.
"STORIES FOR PARENTS" will speedily follow this volume, and make the eighth in our "LIBRARY FOR THE HOUSEHOLD."
THE RIGHT OF WAY COALS OF FIRE A NEW PLEASURE THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW SMITH AND JONES; OR, THE TOWN LOT HE MUST HAVE MEANT ME FOR THE FUN OF IT FORGIVE AND FORGET PAYING THE MINISTER HAD I BEEN CONSULTED THE MISTAKES OF A "RISING FAMILY" THE MEANS OF ENJOYMENT
MR. EDWARD BOLTON had purchased himself a farm, and taken possession thereof. Once, while examining the premises, before deciding to buy, he had observed a light wagon moving along on the extreme south edge of the tract of land included in the farm, but it had occasioned no remark. It was late in the afternoon when he arrived with his family at their new home. On the morning that followed, while Mr. Bolton stood conversing with a farm-hand who had been on the place under the former owner, he observed the same vehicle passing across the portion of his land referred to.
"Whose wagon is that, Ben?" he asked, in the tone of a man who felt that another had trespassed upon his rights.
"He takes a liberty with my premises that I would not like to take with his," said Mr. Bolton, who was annoyed by the circumstance. "And there he is himself, as I live! riding along over my ground as coolly as if it belonged to him.

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