He exults in the victory of a higher faith. We are not "magnetic
mockeries"--simply material "brain"--"casts in clay"--to perish as soon
as the galvanic battery ceases to act,
"not in vain,
Like Paul with beasts, I fought with Death."
Let Science prove the contrary, even that we only exist for this life, and
I won't stay here. And Science herself would then be valueless, since she
had only taught us our nothingness.