"Dying visions of angels and Christ and God and heaven are confined to credibly good men. Why do not bad men have such visions? They die of all sorts of diseases; they have nervous temperaments; they even have creeds and hopes about the future which they cling to with very great tenacity; why do not they rejoice in some such glorious illusions when they go out of the world?"
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Enoch Fitch Burr
Enoch Fitch Burr (October 21, 1818 – May 8, 1907) was an American theologian and astronomer.
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