These Years of Promise (Ann of the Prairie, Vol. 3)

"Life comes to us but once. Sadly, a few savor the tastes of their early adult years, the years of promise. They think to live life fully they must plow doggedly ahead without regard to rememvrance. I've found, to the contrary, that the great joys and sorrows of life can be captured-to be appreciated again and again, and to be passed on to those who follow as a reminder of the trutho of the saying " I shall not pass this way again." I went to the Academy an impressionable young woman. And My time there was indeed one of those unforgettable seasons from whence was to flow the rest of my life."