The book Personal Reminiscences What Fifty Years Have Done was written by author James W Auten Here you can read free online of Personal Reminiscences What Fifty Years Have Done book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Personal Reminiscences What Fifty Years Have Done a good or bad book?
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I took my stand where I had stood half a cen- tury previous, and tried to talk to the children there as- sembled. But it was a difficult task. The old scenes and associations rushed before my vision and choked ni}' utterance. The whole scene seemed like reading a book of history, and as though the world was slipping from beneath my feet ! The school is in charge of a competent young lady, who received me very kindly, as did indeed all with whom I came in contact. Hut oh ! how changed ! The vill...age itself has grown old ; and like the sluggard's garden, is ''all grown over with weeds. " The friends of my early days are nearly ail gone ; parents and children, old and young, having been alike swept awav l)y the hand of death, and of the whole population living there titty years ayo, 1 found less than half a dozen surviving ; young and old having gone to their long home, and the same proportion holds good as to other connminities. 1 bade a final farewell to the few surviving friends of my childhood, turned by back on the old church-yard and said good-by to the boys and girls who are last growing up to take their [places on the stage ot this world's activities.
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