Excerpt from A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands, Vol. 1 The poorest stratum may contain vestiges of gold, the meanest stream may have, lurking in its depths, grains of gold dust or even nuggets of pure gold. By analogy, therefore, we apply the term golden to that quality which stands, like gold in the measurement Of material things, as a standard of moral excellence its name is love, to use the word in its widest sense. Golden deeds, like gold itself, may be found anywhere, in any country, race, or age they belong to women as well as men, to little children as well as to their elders, to the bodily feeble and infirm as well as to the stalwart and strong. 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.