Excerpt from The Gift of Immortality: A Study in Responsibility Life beyond our present stage. John Of Patmos, Bernard of Cluny, Dante of Florence, John Henry Newman, and many another have left the world their inspiring record. They attempt no argu ment, they scarcely ask assent to their words. They tell, in picturesque and figurative language, what they see and feel; and there they leave their account of the immortal life. It is the road of imagination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.