 | 1890 - 668 pages
...at the grave of a child of a friend, he says, " We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life or the door of another, or whether the night here is not somewhere else a dawn." Again, he says : "The idea of immortality, that, like a sea, has ebbed and flowed in the human heart,... | |
 | 1880 - 146 pages
...death. We cannot say that death is not a good. We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life or the door of another, or whether the night...word, or he who journeys all the length of life's une" road, painfully taking the last slow steps with staff and crutch. Every cradle asks us, "Whence?"... | |
 | 1880 - 138 pages
...death. We cannot say that death is not a good. We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life or the door of another, or whether the night...in its mother's arms, before its lips have learned form a word, or he who journeys all the length life's uneven road, painfully taking the last slowsteps... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1883 - 210 pages
...death. We cannot say that death is not a good. We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life or the door of another, or whether the night...cradle asks us, "Whence?" and every coffin, "Whither?" The poor barbarian, weeping above his dead, can answer these questions as intelligently and satisfactorily... | |
 | 1886 - 414 pages
...death. We «annot say that death is not a good. We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life, or the door of another, or whether the night...cradle asks us "Whence?" and every coffin "Whither?" The poor barbarian, weeping above his dead, can answer these questions as intelligently and satisfactorily... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1888 - 344 pages
...death. We cannot say that death is not a good. We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life, or the door of another, or whether the night...cradle asks us " Whence ? " and every coffin "Whither?" The poor barbarian, weeping above his dead, can answer these questions just as well as the robed priest... | |
 | Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1891 - 322 pages
...He is a poet, as is evident from these words : We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life or the door of another, or whether the night here is somewhere else a dawn. The idea of Immortality, that like a sea has ebbed and flowed into the human... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1894 - 346 pages
...not good. We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life or the door of another or whether night here is not somewhere else a dawn. Neither can...cradle asks us " Whence?" and every coffin "Whither?" The poor barbarian weeping above his dead can answer the question as intelligently and satisfactorily... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1900 - 678 pages
...death. We cannot say that death is not a good. We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life, or the door of another, or whether the night...cradle asks us " Whence ? " and every coffin "Whither?" The poor barbarian, weeping above his dead, can answer these questions just as well as the robed priest... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1901 - 666 pages
...death. We cannot say that death is not a good. We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life, or the door of another, or whether the night...taking the last slow steps with staff and crutch. of a life has touched a grave, has any right to prophesy a future filled with pain and tears. May be... | |
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We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life, or the door of another, or whether the night here is not somewhere else a dawn. Neither can we tell which is the more fortunate— the child dying in its mother's arms, before its lips have learned... 
