Excerpt from Noontime Messages in a College Chapel: Sixty-Nine Short Addresses to Young People by Twenty-Five Well-Known Preachers Some are primarily interested in government and history. But what is history save the lengthening shadow of certain great personalities; and what does government amount to until at the heart of it there stands a living, breathing son of man, who embodies in himself certain ideals and principles? Some are interested in art, literature and music. But what are these, save the expressions of the genius of certain great souls? Who cares anything for mere colorless works of art? 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.