Excerpt from Two Lives in One The first beginnings, though they are small, will require the greatest effort. It must be borne in mind that all progress is from the little to the great. It will re quire much time and patience to reach a point in life where all can share the good things of life equally. We do not all enjoy the same thing; one likes one thingand someone else, another. Life is so vast, that when one source of enjoyment is cut off, there can be other avenues opened up and cultivated to just as great a de gree of efficiency. I do not wish to raise false hopes in the minds of those who are handicapped, but I will say that to get the most out of life one must keep active mentally. It is the running stream that purifies itself. If it were not for the hopes that I entertained I would have died long ago of despair. 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.