The power of the soul over the body, considered in relation to health and morals / By George Moore.

  • George Moore
Date:
1847
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Credit: The power of the soul over the body, considered in relation to health and morals / By George Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    contrast his desires with his destiny, to shrink away in terror from the sight and the thought of all that is glorious, great, good, or enduring, and to shun all notion of Deity, lest what is thus presented to his apprehension, should excite aspiring wishes, and build up lofty hopes, only that their destruction may be the more certain and the more extensive. The wondrous speculum, which restless research inspires man with ingenuity to fabricate, reflects the dim glimmerings of infinite worlds, into which he would direct his inquirmg ken, only to kindle and expand, and then becloud his reason; for to follow its promptings were merely madness, and wisdom would be impossible ; even to know would be vanity and folly, unless we knew that existence might be equal to our felt capacity of enjoying it. Were a man sure that he could not possibly pos- sess a better than this earthly life, to look off from this dull cold spot would only be to aggravate his doom. The glory of distant worlds would fall like a blight upon his being, for it will suggest possibil- ities of intelligence and delight forever beyond his reach. | A creeping thing prepares for its perfection, and at length bursts from its silken tomb with newly- developed form, appetites, and nature. Like a “winged flower,” with brilliant and delicate pin- ions, and rich in gems, it gladly flutters with the light, and sips nectar from the hand of God. The grub may tend to be a butterfly, but why
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