Author: John Lloyd Balderston

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Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9781331386407

Excerpt from The Genius of the Marne: A Play in Three Scenes We have lost so many things during the last four years, that for an idea of number we turn to the stars; the endless mystery above us seems greater than the mystery over yonder, but both exceed the compass of our minds. In our armchairs we sit and dream of the burning of the great library at Louvain, of the Cathedrals and the mediaeval cities, compendiums and abridgments of the genius of the centuries that gave birth to the one we live in, today lonely ruins in a ragged war-worn land, so torn with shells, exploded and unexploded, that it will remain a desert for a hundred years at least, if not for all time, so we are told. Cambrai, Ypres and Rheims have gone forever, leaving behind them only a little dust: Ce que le papillon de l'ame Laisse de poussiere apres lui, Et ce qui reste de la flame Sur le trepied quand il a lui. 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."