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16 THE Srlll:'iO-TBIE OF LifE.
sure of getting not ouly :),correct, but a permanent
likclles.~. 'Phe lines arc drawn deeply
on the tender heart, and no waves of subse.
quent business or care call entirely obliterate
them. Years may 1'"'" away, and the head
blossom for the grave, llnd the eye grow dim,
and the hand tremble; but the scenes of early
lifu recur with the freshness of yesterday.
Youth and old age, in more senses than o~c,
~eem to he closely connected. If JOll visit 3.
m~ll who, liko n. venerable oak, ~tand8 ,.... hile
every tree arouud it hn.< fallen, you will fiml
that his mind, though almost a perfect Llank
as to reCent tram.actions am], c ....cnt..