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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    if it came to the point, would willingly exchange his lot, with all the ills with which he is familiar, for another post-mortem state of unimaginable splendour ? For all our sentiment, it is to me perfectly evident that we are all of us imbued at heart with the same unalterable conviction, viz., that if this is not, indeed, the best of all possible worlds, at least it is a very tolerable place, and that it is our business to make the best use of it we know—for as protracted a period as we may. A tale (which is quoted by Dr Schiller) is related of Mr Myers, who happened one day to ask a certain elderly churchwarden what would become of him after his decease. After considerable reflection, the worthy old gentleman replied that he supposed that he would enter into eternal bliss, but he did wish that Mr Myers would not broach such depressing topics. This story is paralleled by another, which occurs to my mind. An aged divine was, on one occasion, asked by an acquaintance about the health of his wife. His reply was as follows : “ I regret to inform you that my wife is in heaven.”
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