“ Death is not more the end of some than it is the beginning of others. ”
Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912). copy citation
| Author | Samuel Butler |
|---|---|
| Source | The Note-Books of Samuel Butler |
| Topic | death |
| Date | 1912 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6173/6173-h/6173-h.htm |
Context
“True, there was a little stir—a little abiding of shepherds in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks by night—a little buzzing in knots of men waiting to be hired before the daybreak—a little stealthy movement as of a burglar or two here and there—an inchoation of life. But the true life of the man was after death and not before it.
Death is not more the end of some than it is the beginning of others. So he that loses his soul may find it, and he that finds may lose it.
p. 24II
Elementary Morality The Foundations of Morality i
These are like all other foundations; if you dig too much about them the superstructure will come tumbling down.”
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