The Oxford Book of DeathDennis Joseph Enright Oxford University Press, 1983 - 351 psl. "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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... spirit . We are blended in the one great featureless indistinguishable mass . Then a time came when the mass evolved spirit , spirit evolved form , form evolved life . And now life in its turn has evolved death . For not nature only but ...
... spirit . We are blended in the one great featureless indistinguishable mass . Then a time came when the mass evolved spirit , spirit evolved form , form evolved life . And now life in its turn has evolved death . For not nature only but ...
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... spirit may be standing on a sloping unstable heaven , to the irritation of the owner - spirit . He is annoyed ; he wants the other to leave . So he gives his heaven a tilt , and slides the other spirit off , making him take flight to ...
... spirit may be standing on a sloping unstable heaven , to the irritation of the owner - spirit . He is annoyed ; he wants the other to leave . So he gives his heaven a tilt , and slides the other spirit off , making him take flight to ...
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... Spirit , It fluttered and failed for breath . Tonight it doth inherit The vasty Hall of Death . MATTHEW ARNOLD ( 1822-88 ) , ' Requiescat ' Peace , peace ! he is not dead , he doth not sleep He hath awakened from the dream of life ...
... Spirit , It fluttered and failed for breath . Tonight it doth inherit The vasty Hall of Death . MATTHEW ARNOLD ( 1822-88 ) , ' Requiescat ' Peace , peace ! he is not dead , he doth not sleep He hath awakened from the dream of life ...
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