Nature's revelations of character, or, The mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance / by Joseph Simms.

Date:
1873
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Credit: Nature's revelations of character, or, The mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance / by Joseph Simms. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    tion; or, in other words, nature required us to fill up a certain place in her repository or building of the universe. Each one of us is nothing more than a brick in this temple of nature, and it requires all kinds to build it; so they are to be manufactured accordingly, some to one con- dition, some to another. So it is, when you are needed, some others will be also, and you will have to go and cannot help it, whenever the Great Builder requires you, to fill your position in the great life to come. This comparison or deduction may seem strange, but it is simple, and can be understood, if we think a moment. The power that controls seems to be so distant, when we are in full health and strength, that we rarely give a thought to the subject. The philosophy of a future life is very easily understood, if we only look at it in this light; but if you view it in any other, there is danger of being misled. “ Shall I be left, forgotten in the dust, When fate relenting, lets the flower revive; Shall nature’s voice, to man alone unj ust, Bid him, though doomed to perish, hope to live? Is it for this fair virtue oft must strive With disappointment, penury, and pain? No ! heaven’s immortal spring shall yet arrive, And man’s majestic beauty bloom again, Bright thro’ the eternal years of love’s triumphant reign.” THE END.