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For I never have seen, and never shall see, that the cessation of
the evidence of existence is necessarily read more
For I never have seen, and never shall see, that the cessation of
the evidence of existence is necessarily evidence of the
cessation of existence.
It must be so--Plato, thou reasonest well!--
Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
This longing read more
It must be so--Plato, thou reasonest well!--
Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
This longing after immortality?
Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror,
O falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul
Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
'Tis the divinity that stirs within us;
'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter,
And intimates eternity to man.
'Tis immortality to die aspiring,
As if a man were taken quick to heaven.
'Tis immortality to die aspiring,
As if a man were taken quick to heaven.
Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of read more
Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
We feel and know that we are eternal.
We feel and know that we are eternal.
'Tis true; 'tis certain; man though dead retains
Part of himself; the immortal mind remains.
'Tis true; 'tis certain; man though dead retains
Part of himself; the immortal mind remains.
All men think all men mortal, but themselves. If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality read more
All men think all men mortal, but themselves. If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having.