Excerpt from Life and Labour of the People of IndiaDon't mix yourselves in others' strife, But gather in the proffered fruit That is a practical pursuit That does not call for blood and knife That asks no sacrifice of life, And gives you its good things to boot. - ibsen, Brand.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.