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My dear Mr. Ruskin,--You have given me very great pleasure by allowing me to inscribe this book to you, and for two reasons; for I have two kinds of acknowledgment that I wish to make to you--first, that of an intellectual debtor to a public teacher; secondly, that of a private friend to the kindest of private friends. The tribute I have to offer you is, it is true, a small one; and it is possibly more blessed for me to give than it is for you to receive it. In so far, at least, as I represent any influence of yours, you may. | 1 A free download from http CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. Is Life Worth Living 2 Is Life Worth Living Project Gutenberg s Is Life Worth Living by William Hurrell Mallock This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Is Life Worth Living Author William Hurrell Mallock Release Date December 2 2005 EBook 17201 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IS LIFE WORTH LIVING Produced by David Garcia Stacy Brown Thellend and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http IS LIFE WORTH LIVING BY WILLIAM HURRELL MALLOCK AUTHOR OF THE NEW REPUBLIC ETC. Man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain. How dieth the wise man As the fool. That which befalleth the sons of men befalleth the beasts even one thing befalleth them as the one dieth so dieth the other yea they have all one breath so that man hath no preeminence above a beast for all is vanity. Greek talaipôros egô anthrôpos tis me rudetai ek tou sômatos tou thanatou toutou NEW YORK . PUTNAM S SONS 182 Fifth Avenue 1879 I INSCRIBE THIS BOOK TO JOHN RUSKIN _TO JOHN Is Life Worth Living 3 My dear Mr. Ruskin --You have given me very great pleasure by allowing me to inscribe this book to you and for two reasons for I have two kinds of acknowledgment that I wish to make to you--first that of an intellectual debtor to a public teacher secondly that of a private friend to the kindest of private friends. The tribute I have to offer you is it