THE PLEASURES OF LIFE PART I BY THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, BART., M.P. F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D. алетны EIGHTY-EIGHTH THOUSAND London MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1892 All rights reserved HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY Shake It. First Edition Printed by R. & R. CLARK, June 1887. Re- November 1888, twice May 1889, July 1889. With alterations, November 1889, January, April, August, and November 1890. January PREFACE THOSE Who have the pleasure of attend-> ing the opening meetings of schools and colleges, and of giving away prizes and certificates, are generally expected at the same time to offer such words of counsel and encouragement as the experience of the world might enable them to give to those who are entering life. Having been myself when young rather prone to suffer from low spirits, I have at several of these gatherings taken the opportunity of dwelling on the privileges and blessings we enjoy, and I reprint here the substance of some of these addresses 7530 175.70 |