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Excerpt from Can We Be Sure of Mortality?: A Lawyer's Brief I have read the work and am one of those for whose benefit it may be presumed it was written. I am one of the human beings whom he would turn adrift on the sea of profound despondency, with the cables of their vessels slipped, and the sails idly slapping the yards and masts. I therefore have a right to know why he has assumed judicial functions and pronounced the judgment of mortality upon man, what proofs he possesses, why he has loaded down with an extra weight of woe my fellowman who already found life in this world discouraging, disappointing, but who nevertheless kept a smiling face, because it was hopefully turned toward either heaven or some compensating change of environment in the eternities. The bearer of bad news is never welcome, though that should not prevent a straightforward presentation of science, provided it be science, on the part of those men who seem to be set apart for that especial work, neither should we be afraid to face the truth, provided it be the truth, though destructive of our ideals. 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.

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