Excerpt from Voices From the Silent Land: Or Leaves of Consolation for the Afflicted Into the Silent Land! Ah, who can say that the footsteps of none he once loved on earth have entered the shadows of that pale realm? Death, sooner or later, cometh to all: the white and venerable locks of the aged, the maturity of manhood, the ruddy freshness of youth, whose flashing eye is salient with life and health, and the tender bud of infancy, - all soon, too soon, fall before the scythe of the pitiless destroyer. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead. 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.