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memory weakens, even the past becomes more
and more indistinct, and they live almost entirely
in the present. That is why, granted their days
are tolerably exempt from bodily suffering as
nature meant them to be, old people are
generally less unhappy than young people would
expect them to be.
We know that we are going to die, in fact it
is the only thing we know of what is in store for
us. All the rest is mere guesswork, and most of
the time we guess wrong. Like children in the
trackless forest we grope our way through our
lives in blissful ignorance of what is going to
happen to us from one day to another, what
hardships we may have to face, what more or
less thrilling adventures we may encounter
before the great adventure, the most thrilling
of all, the Adventure of Death. Now and then
in our perplexity we venture to put a timid
question to our destiny, but we get no answer
for the stars are too far away. The sooner we
realize that our fate lies in ourselves and not in
the stars, so much the better for us. Happiness
we can only find in ourselves, it is a waste of
time to seek for it from others, few have any to
spare. Sorrow we have to bear alone as best
we can, it is not fair to try to shift it on others,
be they men or women. We have to fight our
own battles and strike as hard as we can, born
fighters as we are. Peace will come one day for
all of us, peace without dishonour even to the
vanquished if he has tried to do his bit as long
as he could.
As for me, the battle is over and lost. I have
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