LIVRO Opium-Eater (English Edition) PDF Elaine Barnett

‘I have had more than a glimpse of what is meant by death and outerdarkness, and the worm that dieth not–and that all the _hell_ of thereprobate, is no more inconsistent with the love of God, than theblindness of one who has occasioned loathsome and guilty diseases toeat out his eyes is inconsistent with the light of the sun. But theconsolations, at least the sensible sweetness of hope, I do notpossess. On the contrary, the temptation which I have constantly tofight up against, is a fear that if _annihilation_ and the_possibility_ of _heaven_ were offered to my choice, I should choosethe former. “‘Mr. Eden gave you a too flattering account of me. It istrue I am restored, as much beyond my expectations almost as mydeserts; but I am exceedingly weak. I need for myself solace andrefocillation of animal spirits, instead of being in a condition ofoffering it to others.’