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it is destined to prevail in the future. I expect to be 

 disposed of thus myself and do not know of any ex- 

 pression of opinion which I could offer that would have 

 more weight than this." 



Andrew Carnegie says : "Cremation must be ranked 

 as one of the greatest hygienic improvements of a pro- 

 gressive age. Its universal adoption is most desirable 

 and it is to be hoped that the people of this country, 

 always heretofore quick to be educated in matters of re- 

 form, will soon recognize that cremation is something 

 with which religious prejudice or false sentiment should 

 not be allowed to interfere any more than with the other 

 sanitary expedients of modern life. I am convinced that 

 the adoption of cremation in place of burial in this and 

 other enlightened countries is only a matter of time. 

 Personally I am heartily in favor of it." 



Mrs. Cooly (Jennie June) : "I consider such disposi- 

 tion of human remains as the wisest, cleanest, most 

 healthful and economical method of disposing of what 

 is no longer of any use and must in time become a posi- 

 tive source of injury." 



Dr. Clement Cleveland, N. Y. : "The sanitary consid- 

 eration is the one that chiefly influences me, and to my 

 mind is of such vital importance that it outweighs all 

 conceivable objections." 



Charles Francis Adams, Boston: "The sanitary argu- 

 ment is, of course, all in favor of cremation. By burying 

 the bodies of the dead in the ground we preserve, in so 

 far as we can, and spread germs of disease." 



Rev. John L. Scudder: "I believe in cremation with 

 all my heart, and consider it the only proper method of 

 disposing of the dead. I prophesy that inside of twenty- 

 five years cremation will become well-nigh universal in 

 this country. My sister was cremated at Fresh Pond, 

 and my father. Rev. Henry M. Scudder, D. D., has left 

 orders that upon his decease his body be cremated and 



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