“ You are a millionaire in immortality, and a millionaire whose fortune cannot be lost, whose fortune is less perishable than the stars and as lasting as space or time. ”
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf (1904). copy citation
Author | Jack London |
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Source | The Sea-Wolf |
Topic | immortality fortune |
Date | 1904 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1074/1074-h/1074-h.htm |
Context
“Why, my dear fellow, you will live for ever. You are a god, and God cannot be killed. Cooky cannot hurt you. You are sure of your resurrection. What’s there to be afraid of?
“You have eternal life before you. You are a millionaire in immortality, and a millionaire whose fortune cannot be lost, whose fortune is less perishable than the stars and as lasting as space or time. It is impossible for you to diminish your principal. Immortality is a thing without beginning or end. Eternity is eternity, and though you die here and now you will go on living somewhere else and hereafter.”
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