“ Life is sweet perhaps to some, but I prefer what is sweeter than life, and that is death. ”
William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902). copy citation
| Author | William James |
|---|---|
| Source | The Varieties of Religious Experience |
| Topic | death life |
| Date | 1902 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/621/621-h/621-h.html |
Context
“The annals of suicide supply such examples as the following:—
An uneducated domestic servant, aged nineteen, poisons herself, and leaves two letters expressing her motive for the act. To her parents she writes:—
“Life is sweet perhaps to some, but I prefer what is sweeter than life, and that is death. So good-by forever, my dear parents. It is nobody's fault, but a strong desire of my own which I have longed to fulfill for three or four years. I have always had a hope that some day I might have an opportunity of fulfilling it, and now it has come....”
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