| | 1 | Author: | Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 | Add | | | Title: | David Swan  | | | | Published: | 1996 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | WE can be but partially acquainted even with the events which
actually
influence our course through life, and our final destiny. There are
innumerable other events—if such they may be called—which come
close
upon us, yet pass away without actual results, or even betraying
their
near approach, by the reflection of any light or shadow across our
minds.
Could we know all the vicissitudes of our fortunes, life would be
too full
of hope and fear, exultation or disappointment, to afford us a
single hour
of true serenity. This idea may be illustrated by a page from the
secret
history of David Swan. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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