Project Gutenberg's The Child of the Dawn, by Arthur Christopher BensonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Child of the DawnAuthor: Arthur Christopher BensonRelease Date: May 31, 2005 [EBook #15964]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CHILD OF THE DAWN ***Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.THE CHILD OF THE DAWNBy ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSONFELLOW OF MAGDALENE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE[Greek: êdu ti tharsaleais ton makron teiein bion elpisin]Author of THE UPTON LETTERS, FROM A COLLEGE WINDOW, BESIDE STILL WATERS,THE ALTAR FIRE, THE SCHOOLMASTER, AT LARGE, THE GATE OF DEATH, THESILENT ISLE, JOHN RUSKIN, LEAVES OF THE TREE, CHILD OF THE DAWN, PAULTHE MINSTREL1912To MY BEST AND DEAREST FRIENDHERBERT FRANCIS WILLIAM TATHAMIN LOVE AND HOPEINTRODUCTIONI think that a book like the following, which deals with a subject so great and so mysterious as our hope of immortality, bymeans of an allegory or fantasy, needs a few words of preface, in order to clear away at the outset anymisunderstandings which may possibly arise in a reader's mind. Nothing is further from my wish than to attempt anyphilosophical or ontological exposition of what is hidden behind the veil of death. ...
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