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Show Life and Dcr-th a Unity. Life is a state which follows upon flenth. Death is a state which precedes pre-cedes life. Which of us understands the laws that govern their succession? The life of man Is tbe resultant of forces. The aggregation of these force? Is life: their dispersion, death. If. then, life and death are but consecutive consecu-tive states of existence, what cause for sorrow have I? Aral so it is that all things are but phases of unity. What men delight In Is tbe spiritual essence of life. What they loathe is the material corruption of death. . But this state of corruption corrup-tion gives place to that state of spirituality spir-ituality and that state of spirituality pives place in turn to this state of corruption. Therefore we may say that all in the universe is comprised In unity: and therefore the inspired among us have adopted unity as their criterion II. A. Giles, in "Translated Gems From Chinese Literature." |