The design of love / written by E.B.

  • Parker, George Williams.
Date:
1893
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The design of love / written by E.B. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    Is Man’s Destiny And thus he mused:—“Can his be Also Upwards? nothing more 10. Than yonder animalcule’s span of life ? ()ne moment clinging to a frail support, The next torn off by Fate’s resistless stream ; Its goal, its origin, alike unknown! A fleeting thing that calls a moment life; One evanescent drop the universe ! For him no more than meteor’s briefest course ?— A streak of light; before, and after, dark ! No, such it cannot be ; for mark him well !-— That upward form which points me to its Source!— 20. That noble brow !—That intellectual eye, Whence looks a spirit closely kin to mine And HIS who made us!—Truly there abides A God-like Majesty in beauteous form!— And noble too the destiny must be, Unknown to me, except that he will serve! Again ]hit wlnj a two-fold nature ? AVhy allied Puzzled rp0 Earth, and yet to Spirit nearer kin?— Ah! Now appears a way to mar HIS work, E’en through this very gift; and three-fold be 30. Attack on The plan of my attack !—As born of Man Planned Earth Like other creatures, he will quickly yield To cunning arts ! — As Intellect, more hard Indeed the task ; yet victory nearly sure !— As Spirit—Ah! my spirit quails to see A long, protracted struggle; where perchance, Though oft successful, I at last may fall, And in defeat incur a greater wrrath !— Yet who has had success, that never tried ?— Then let me watch to seize an early chance.” m nicer, ico So foulest SELF; and entered then the iormv Gen. m , 1. Of lowly reptile creeping on the ground, As though itself to Pride wrere quite unknown ! Or trusting specious Beauty caught the eye Of him whose triple nature it assailed ;