The Breath of Life Contributor(s): Burroughs, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1717339492 ISBN-13: 9781717339492 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6" W x 9" (0.67 lbs) 222 pages |
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Publisher Description: As life nears its end with me, I find myself meditating more and more upon the mystery of its nature and origin, yet without the least hope that I can find out the ways of the Eternal in this or in any other world. In these studies I fancy I am about as far from mastering the mystery as the ant which I saw this morning industriously exploring a small section of the garden walk is from getting a clear idea of the geography of the North American Continent. But the ant was occupied and was apparently happy, and she must have learned something about a small fraction of that part of the earth's surface. I have passed many pleasant summer days in my hay-barn study, or under the apple trees, exploring these questions, and though I have not solved them, I am satisfied with the clearer view I have given myself of the mystery that envelops them. I have set down in these pages all the thoughts that have come to me on this subject. I have not aimed so much at consistency as at clearness and definiteness of statement, letting my mind drift as upon a shoreless sea. |