3/21 The instructions given the latter, taken with the omission on the map, accomplished the design--the cell and its unhappy tenants were all alike lost. Conditions are pleasant or grievous to us according to our sensibilities. It is not extreme to say, if there was a sudden exit of all men from the world, heaven, as prefigured in the Christian idea, would not be a heaven to the majority; on the other hand, neither would all suffer equally in the so-called Tophet. As the mind is made intelligent, the capacity of the soul for pure enjoyment is proportionally increased. |