Social idealism / by R. Dimsdale Stocker.

  • Richard Dimsdale Stocker
Date:
1910
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Credit: Social idealism / by R. Dimsdale Stocker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Whether my personal centre of being is to endure everlastingly, I cannot tell. But this I do know—that my Greater Self—my relations with others—the family—the State—the Nation —the Brotherhood of Man—will prove im- mortal. And, because I believe that, I can afford to rest content. I can grow : I can grow into the greater life. No strong soul fears extinction. It will have found itself in others —their life is its life—their wishes, aspirations, and aims are its—and even its highest and best wishes it realises will be fulfilled. So it is at peace. If we do not realise this, how shall immortality be ours ? If we are ceaselessly striving against it—if we are continually thwarting our highest social and ethical impulses, how can it be that immortality can be attained ? It cannot. At his death, it was announced that King Leopold of Belgium, having received the rites of the Church, was assured of the safety of his soul. Who shall say whether his confidence was justified ? We cannot tell. Had he a soul to save P That is the point. And have I a
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