Excerpt from Two Years Ago, Vol. 1 Two years ago, while pestilence was hovering over us and ours 3 while the battle-roar was ringing in our ears; who had time to think, to ask What all that meant to seek for the deep lesson which we knew must lie beneath? Two years ago was the time for work for men to do with all their might whatsoever their hands found to do. But now the storm has lulled once more 3 the air has cleared awhile, and we can talk calmly over all the wonders of that sudden, strange, and sad Two years ago. 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.