HOW TO DIE 



words, implies something beyond the mere attainment 

 of direct personal happiness, the pursuit of which has 

 of necessity been the chief theme of our preceding 

 chapters. He who would die happily must leave be- 

 hind him friends who will reverence his memory. 

 That philosophic creed which purports to welcome 

 oblivion, does violence to the profoundest instinct of the 

 human mind. It is in the very nature of man's egois- 

 tic spirit that he should yearn for the sympathy 

 of his fellows while he lives, and for permanent place 

 in the memory of his kind after he is dead. And it is 

 but another of those paradoxes that meet us every- 

 where, which decrees that every man shall stand a 

 chance of having this egoistic desire gratified, some- 

 what in proportion as he puts aside his egoism in his 

 dealings with his fellow men. He must forget self in 

 order to be remembered by his fellows. 



Our present theme, then, concerns that phase of 

 happiness which may be derived from sympathetic con- 

 tact with your fellow men; from associations of help- 

 fulness rather than of rivalry. We have to consider 

 your relations with your fellows, not so much from 

 your standpoint as from theirs. We have to reflect 

 that it does not so much matter what you think of 

 your fellows as what they think of you; since, in our 

 present view, the time must come when their opinions 

 will determine the very perpetuity of your terrestrial 

 existence, while your opinions will have been silenced 

 forever in the tomb. 



What, then, shall be your attitude of mind toward 



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