Excerpt from Quench Not the SpiritA man has lost his way in a dark and dreary mine. By the light of one candle which he carries in his hand, he is groping for the road to sunshine and to home. That light is essential to his safety. The mine has many Winding passages in Which he may be hopelessly bewildered Without that light. Here and there marks have been made on the rocks to point out the true path, but he cannot see them Without that light. There are many deep pits into Which, if unwary, he may suddenly sink, but he cannot avoid the danger Without that light. Should it go out, he must soon stumble, fall, perish. Should it go out, that mine Will be his tomb. How carefully he carries it how anxious ly he shields it from sudden gusts of air.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.