Lfl Jc HiS 7c6 CONSEQUENCES. PART I. GEORGE KERR. CHAPTER I. HOW GEORGE KERR. REPENTED AT LEISURE. Popular proverbs those short statements of long experience must, from their very essence, be various and even contradictory on almost every question. Concerning marriage especially that most solemn, uncertain, and fatal of human engagements do they wax numerous and conflicting, even as are the consequences of a bid at the eternal lottery. Happy the wooing thats not a long a-doing, is an acceptable maxim, and a wise, in the estimation at least of young and ardent love. It fits admirably with other well-known emotional prognostications anent the risky undertaking: Happy is the bride the sun shines on, and such-like. A las that its natural cross, Marry in haste and repent at leisure, should ever prove equally opposite! People who plunge headlong into very early matrimony have, as a rule, ample opportunity to test the pithiness of both proverbs. Rapturous always their first impressions; but, in a little while, the inevitable sobering process once fairly started with the whole of a life stretching drearily before them a lengthy series of wasted capabilities grim their reflections on the endless consequences of one imprudent step! The various aspects of leisurely repentance formed in the year 1857 a main theme in the mental existence of Mr. George Kerr, who was then aged twenty-three.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.