. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . ician — The Old Lady whowas Struck by Lightning — Loving Everyting zat is Beastly — WomansRights — A Vision of Eden—Bridge! Bridge!—An Animated Poli-tical Discussion — Its Sudden End — A Laughable Story — A Cool Boarder— His Opinion of His Landladys Butter—Choosing Between ThreeLovers — The Captains Device — How it Worked — Wasted Lives —Human Wrecks — Real Heroes. SUPPOSE an indispensablerequisite for a discourse ofany kind is a title, and thisis a difficult matter for me tofix upon. Variety is thespice of life, and I supposeit will be
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . ician — The Old Lady whowas Struck by Lightning — Loving Everyting zat is Beastly — WomansRights — A Vision of Eden—Bridge! Bridge!—An Animated Poli-tical Discussion — Its Sudden End — A Laughable Story — A Cool Boarder— His Opinion of His Landladys Butter—Choosing Between ThreeLovers — The Captains Device — How it Worked — Wasted Lives —Human Wrecks — Real Heroes. SUPPOSE an indispensablerequisite for a discourse ofany kind is a title, and thisis a difficult matter for me tofix upon. Variety is thespice of life, and I supposeit will be considered as spicechapter of this book. For my-decide that a title is necessarypeg t hang a few thoughtsupon. No one expects me to writean elaborate essay on a given sub-ject : I could not if I tried. I find it very difficult to stickto my text. If I select a subject. I cannot treat it philoso-phically or scientifically, and hardly methodically. I like tointerest if I can. and amuse if I can ; but, above all, my. MASQUERADING IX REAL LIFE. 207 earnest desire is to benefit. I know that a lecture from meis often a thing of shreds and patches; but if I can say anyword or utter a thought that will be a help or stimulus toanyone in the great conflict of life which is to all of us adaily battle, and may be a daily victory, I am content. Ihave some things to say that will not be arranged under anyparticular head, and therefore I trust to the kindness of myreaders to pardon the liberties I take in my ramblings. I have selected the title, then, of Fact and Fiction. I might say truth and falsehood, or the true and the false,shadow and substance, outward show and inward feeling, orright and wrong; for truth is always right, and wrong isever false. In modern society, life is often a disguise. Almost everyman walks in masquerade, and his most intimate friend veryoften does not know his real character. Many wear smilesconstantly on their faces, whose hearts
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