. . .

"That was a memorable day to me, for it made great

changes in me. But, it is the same with any life.

Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think

how different its course would have been. Pause you

who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain

of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never

have bound you, but for the formation of the first link

on one memorable day."

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations