Excerpt from Selections From the Writings of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney: Arranged Under the Days of the Year, and Accompanied by Memoranda of Anniversaries of Noted Events and of the Birth or Death of Famous Men and Women Nay, let us be thankful and strong That the breath of life is as long as the day, And the song is as long as the weariful way, And so, we '11 go singing along mother goose for grown folks. 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.