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Excerpt from A Sermon, Preached by Appointment of the Senior Class of the University of North Carolina, June 2, 1856 But let us suppose the darkness so far alleviated as to disclose something of surrounding objects. In the dim and indistinct light, he can just discover snares contrived to entrap him, and false paths calculated to mislead him: and, while he gazes on these more closely, he is horrified by dis covering there, just before him, the melancholy remains of some who had fallen out of the way, or been destroyed in the snares - so that every step he traces will be over the bones of previous unfortunate adventurers. In addition to all this, he perceives, with increasing alarm, that the very light which afi'ords these partial discoveries is discolored and changeful, casting deceptive hues on the objects it exhibits and that, under its fickle glimmerings, every thing alters its appearance, moment by moment, as rapidly as the shift ing scenes of a disturbed and anxious dream. 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.