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Excerpt from Perils and Possibilities: A Voice of Warning and an Appeal to the Citizen and to the Nation Those who have been carefully watching the course of national and individual life in this generation will not require any apology of the author for this attempt to call the attention of our fellow-citizens to the subjects contained in the following pages. Nor would he indulge the thought that any pen has the power to awaken the minds of those whose hearts cannot be moved by the startling events daily transpiring around us, that seem to bring a warning echo, even from the lifeless rocks. He who can look on in silence while such dangers are thicken ing around, or who has only attering words to speak, is not hi country's friend; and he who only looks upon the darkest side, pointing out no star of hope, is little better than an enemy. In preparing this volume, the object has been to call attention to a few of the perils and possibilities that may suggest more care ful thought in the direction of a higher, nobler life for the indi vidual and the nation. 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.