The Oxford Book of Death"Reading for this anthology," writes D.J. Enright, "I was moved to the thought that on no theme have writers shown themselves more lively." A survivor of Belsen voiced the same sentiment when, reflecting on the concentration camps, he wrote, "When in death we are in the midst of life." By turns poignant, tragic, comic, and inspiring, this anthology of thoughts about death ranges from ancient times to the present day--including almost 900 selections by poets, novelists, philosophers, scientists, and common people. Arranged under headings such as "Love," "War," "Last Words," and "Children," these selections show the varied, sometimes surprising, reactions of the dying and the bereaved to the final human act. |
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Nay , ev'n suppose when we have suffer'd Fate , The Soul could feel , in her divided state , What's that to us ? for we are only we While Souls and Bodies in one frame agree . We , who are dead and gone , shall bear no part In all the ...
Nay , ev'n suppose when we have suffer'd Fate , The Soul could feel , in her divided state , What's that to us ? for we are only we While Souls and Bodies in one frame agree . We , who are dead and gone , shall bear no part In all the ...
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But then , to be serious once more , did you feel no pain in the instant of death ? ... M. As if death were a feeling , and not rather the contrary ... if man cannot be conscious of the moment in which the vital operations , in a ...
But then , to be serious once more , did you feel no pain in the instant of death ? ... M. As if death were a feeling , and not rather the contrary ... if man cannot be conscious of the moment in which the vital operations , in a ...
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Each of these grotesque or even repulsive aliens is animated by an inner joy of living as hot or hotter than that which you feel beating in your private breast ... The universe , with every living entity which her resources create ...
Each of these grotesque or even repulsive aliens is animated by an inner joy of living as hot or hotter than that which you feel beating in your private breast ... The universe , with every living entity which her resources create ...
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