A History of New-York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from A History of New-York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing, Among Many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the Disastrous Projects of William the Testy, and the Chivalric Achievements of Peter the Headstrong, the Three Dutch Governors of New AmsterdamWe are naturally prone to discontent, and avaricious after imaginary causes of lamen tation. Like lubberly monks we belabor our own shoulders, and take a vast satisfaction in the music of our own groans. Nor is this said by way of paradox, daily experience shows the truth of these observations. It is almost impossible to elevate the spirits of a man groan ing under ideal calamities, but nothing is easier than to render him wretched, though on the pinnacle Of felicity as it would be an Her culean task to hoist a man to the top Of a steeple, though the merest child could topple him ofi' thence.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.