Les Nouvelles Recherches Sur La Langue Francaise Et Leurs Resultats (1872)

As people grow older their memories can be a wealth of smiles and tears. If they examine them they can relive their lives in their minds and hearts. The mind does sneaky things at times, and people need to be alert to rambling negative thoughts that can literally ruin a day. This is the author’s thoughts or vignettes that have been in his mind for most of his life, at least from the earliest memories planted there. He owes much of this to his father, who was his hero and mentor. He related some of the stories of his youth and life, and they too became a part of the author. Life is what people make it. They have some choices, but most of the time their lives are moved by other sources over which they have no control. People should live each day as the best of their life.