Excerpt from History of Cheshire, Connecticut: From 1694-1840 Including Prospect, Which, as Columbia Parish, Was a Part of Cheshire Until 1829 Like leaves on trees the race of man is found; Now green in youth, now withering on the ground. Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise. So generations in their course decay; So flourish these when those have passed away. Speech of Diomedes, Homer, Book VI. How the stately years march onward! How the centuries increase! How the cycles roll and gather! How the lives of mortals cease! Life is hut a repetition- For the man who lives to-day, Loves and hopes like countless millions. Who have lived and passed away. Chester. 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.