Science and immortality / by William Osler.

  • William Osler
Date:
1904
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Credit: Science and immortality / by William Osler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Galatians, v. 19-21. Shelley, Adonais Psalms, cxx. 4. 12 Science and Immortality all, as indicating the utter absence of inter¬ est on the part of the public, is the silence of the press, in the columns of which are manifest daily the works of the flesh. Any active demand for a presentation of the spiritual and of the unseen would require that they should sow to the spirit and bring forth the fruits of the spirit. On special oc¬ casions only, in sickness and in sorrow, or in the presence of some great catastrophe, do disturbing thoughts arise : “Whence are we, and why are we? Of what scene the actors or spectators ? ” and man’s heart grows cold at the thought that he must die, and that upon him, too, the worms shall feed sweetly. Few among the religious can re¬ proach themselves, as did Donne, with an over-earnest desire for the next life, and those few have the same cause as had the Divine Dean — a burden of earthly cares too grievous to be borne. The lip-sigh of discontent, when in full health, at a too prolonged stay in Kedar’s tents changes quickly, in sickness, to the strong cry of
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