It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should be only organized dust.

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• Mary Wollstonecraft:

  Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.

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• Mary Wollstonecraft:

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• Mary Wollstonecraft:

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• Mary Wollstonecraft:

  Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave?