This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... the autobiography of ithuriel. Ithuriel said: Once upon a time I was an atom, whirling through space. I have been chief of an Ion. I have been king of a corpuscle of light; it was composed of more than ten thousand atoms. I have been a crystal time and time again. I have been a spore, a fungus, a lily ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... the autobiography of ithuriel. Ithuriel said: Once upon a time I was an atom, whirling through space. I have been chief of an Ion. I have been king of a corpuscle of light; it was composed of more than ten thousand atoms. I have been a crystal time and time again. I have been a spore, a fungus, a lily, an oak. I have been a bee, a bird, a beast. I have lived in the air, in the water, in the earth and on the earth. I have been all kinds of men, from the lowest to the highest. I have had a million mothers, from molecule to man. I have been a savage, a cannibal, a pagan. I have lived by the chase, I have praticed law, I have commanded armies. I have been murdered, have been drowned, have committed suicide. I sailed with Argo; was burned in the circus at Rome. Afterwards, while enjoying a very happy earthly existence, I, was killed by an accident. Here there is a hiatus. It may be a year, it may be a hundred centuries. We take no note of time that lies behind us. We do not miss the space during which we sleep. I lost myself. Was I eaten? Had I been carried away? Was I indeed asleep? What had happened.? 2. It is a pleasure at times to leave memory behind us. The earth may be likened to a convict colony. All are under sentence there for a definite time or until reformation. We are released upon good behavior. But first we are shackled. Our souls are fastened to a block of clay which holds them down. If it breaks off, another is fastened on, and we wear it until we are fit to be reprieved. This is, of course, only an illustration. We are permitted to go only when we are fitted to leave the earth and are entitled to the promotion. When we do go we leave far to the rear our hates, our shames, our vain regrets, our meannesses. We go where the..
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