Excerpt from The Parting of the Ways: An Address I am sure, he wrote from Leek in March, 1876, to a friend who was in great trouble and perplexity, that though I have many hopes and pleasures, or at least strong ones, and that though my life is dear to me, so much as I seem to have to do, I would gladly give them away, hopes and pleasures, one by one or all together, and my life at last, for you, for my friendship, for my honour, for the world. I claim not to be separated from those that are heavy-hearted, only because I am well in health and full of pleasant work and eager about it, and not op' pressed by desires so as not to be able to take interest in it all. I love you and long to help you, and indeed I entreat you (however trite the words may be) to think that life is not empty, nor made for nothing; and that the parts of it fit one into another in some way; and that the world goes on, beautiful and strange and dread ful and worshipful. 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.