1 8 INTRO D UCTION 



posed, to assume other functions, the decomposition 

 dissolving the ephemeral dwelling of man's spiritual 

 essence, summoned elsewhere, perhaps to bear wit- 

 ness to deeds done in the flesh, perhaps to take rest 

 until the day when it shall be called upon to resume 

 its offices in a rehabilitated body. 



The Unity of Life is no longer in controversy ; 

 science has reluctantly been driven to accept it, and 

 intelligence finds a ready solution of wearying in- 

 consistencies in the reasonable conviction that all 

 animals have the same origin with man ; receive 

 the same parental solicitude in infancy ; display 

 the same mental attributes in varying degrees con- 

 sistent with their calling ; possess similar passions, 

 from exquisite tenderness to savage brutality ; per- 

 form the duties assigned to them with commend- 

 able integrity, receiving from man the infamous 

 return of ingratitude and treachery while they par- 

 take to the fullest extent in the results of his fall. 

 In short, as all have the same origin and experi- 

 ences in life, as all die the same death, all shall 

 share the same destiny. If salvation be made per- 

 fect through suffering ; if felicity shall be granted 

 to man in consideration of a well spent life and in 

 recompense for his mundane sufferings, how can 



