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PERHAPS the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end . There was a time when we were not : this gives us no concern— why , then , should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall ...
PERHAPS the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end . There was a time when we were not : this gives us no concern— why , then , should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall ...
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The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life . If we merely wish to continue on the scene to indulge our headstrong humours and tormenting passions , we had better begone at once ...
The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life . If we merely wish to continue on the scene to indulge our headstrong humours and tormenting passions , we had better begone at once ...
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Let an object , for instance , be presented to the senses in a state of agitation or fear - and the imagination will distort or magnify the object , and convert it into the likeness of whatever is most proper to encourage the fear .
Let an object , for instance , be presented to the senses in a state of agitation or fear - and the imagination will distort or magnify the object , and convert it into the likeness of whatever is most proper to encourage the fear .
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On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830 |
| Auteur | William Hazlitt |
| Redacteur | Geoffrey Keynes |
| Uitgever | Random House, 1930 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Indiana University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 30 jan 2009 |
| Lengte | 807 pagina's |
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