The Altar Fire [Paperback]

A. C. Benson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2004

We show how weak our faith really is in the continuance of personal identity after death, by allowing the lapse of time to affect the question at all; just as we should consider it a horrible profanation to exhume and exhibit the body of a man who had been buried a few years ago, while we approve of the action of archaeologists who explore Egyptian sepulchers, subscribe to their operations, and should consider a man a mere sentimentalist who suggested that the mummies exhibited in museums ought to be sent back for interment in their original tombs. We think vaguely that a man who died a few years ago would in some way be outraged if his body were to be publicly displayed, while we do not for an instant regard the possible feelings of delicate and highly-born Egyptian ladies, on whose seemly sepulture such anxious and tender care was expended so many centuries ago. . . .

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About the Author

Remarkable British novelist, poet and essayist. Benson was a distinguished academician and a most gifted author. His works are known for their profundity and intensity of thought. He is also known for the patriotic songs he wrote for Britain. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Wildside Press (February 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592245102
• ISBN-13: 978-1592245109
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)