The philosophy of long life / a translation from the French of Jean Finot, by Harry Roberts.

  • Jean Finot
Date:
1909
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Credit: The philosophy of long life / a translation from the French of Jean Finot, by Harry Roberts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OF LONG LIFE CHAPTER I BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION I OUR Lady of Death hovers, pitiless, above our joys, our sorrows, our bitternesses and our hopes. The King of Terrors has not ceased to terrorize the human conscience. To-day, as in the far-back years, it is upon His altar that humanity sacrifices the greatest part of its sufferings and its misfortune. In spite of our growing intelli¬ gence, our widening science, our curiosity which dives into unfathomable mysteries, a nightmare as old as the world still troubles our thoughts, our dreams, and our joy in life. Before our eyes still floats the same shadowy kingdom, which fills us with fears and an infinite unrest. And, thinking of the call of the unknown, the average man of to-day trembles like his cave-dwelling ancestor, a prey to the same crises, the same horrors, and the same torments. In spite of the formidable pressure of the currents of
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