Excerpt from Book of Meditations: Embracing the Greater and the Lesser Journey, the Other World, Minor Topics, Interspersed With Original Thoughts Tersely Expressed, and PoemsShortly after I began to participate, in business again, a friend Of mine from New York City called to see me. He is a rare character, unlike the average man, and al ways interesting. He stands just over the fence, that encloses the typical type Of men, where the fields are green and the pastures fresh. He dares to be himself, but he is nice about it. He came on busi ness, and he puts soul into business, - is not narrow, stingy nor sordid, and he is broader than the commercial tract and the systematic forces, that operate its wheels and direct its human power. Well, social life is sandwiched with business between the lulls, when this man comes to see me, and I absorb much from him, but what I give in return, that is worth while, I am in doubt about.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.