Excerpt from The Carnival of Destiny He in whom life is potent has journeyed long through the years, acquiring, attaining, perfecting the machine which is his Ego. For him, as for others, existence is a closed door, behind which mysterious silences stretch away. Yet now and then he hears faint sound in the corridor - shadowy steps and voices. But does he hear? He does not know. Walking in a crowded street he sees a face; and it haunts him, he knows not why. And he says to himself. 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.