Well then, let me have courage with death,--let me handle this horrid
idea, let me face it boldly. I will ask what it is, know what it
demands, turn it in every sense, fathom the enigma, and look before-hand
into the tomb.
* * * * *
I have speculated upon Death and Eternity until my mind seems bewildered
by its own horrible fantasies. My ideas wander. Oh, for a Priest,--a
Priest who could instruct me! I must have a Priest, and a crucifix to
embrace.
Alas! here is the same Priest again!