Death was their herald to Celestial Life)—
May soothe the aching heart and weary head
In pain, in toil, in sorrow, and in strife.
Instinctive teaching of another state:
When manacles of earth are loosed and freed—
Which Science vainly strives to dissipate.
One Guide—to lead us forth and set us free!
Give us, Lord God! all merciful and just!
The Faith that is but Confidence in Thee!
THE END.
Transcriber's Notes:
Page 36: Single closing quote mark after "He will accept you" sic
Page 79: "next my boy" sic
Page 110: Wormwood Scrubbs sic; platform amended to platforms
Page 185: anatotomized amended to anatomized; full stop following "few friends" removed
Page 186: hooping cough sic
Page 234: umpromising amended to unpromising
Page 244: "vary scrubby ground" amended to "very scrubby ground"
Page 338: flabbergastered sic
Page 341: facilè princeps amended to facile princeps
Page 360: scarely amended to scarcely
Page 365: closing parenthesis added after "particular shape"
Page 370: invesgator amended to investigator
Page 388: closing parenthesis added after "assumption of omniscience"
In the last essay, while there are paragraphs numbered 1 and 3, there is no paragraph numbered 2 in the original.
Hyphenation has generally been standardized. However, when hyphenated and unhyphenated versions of a word each occur an equal number of times, both versions have been retained (beershop/beer-shop; nowadays/now-a-days; reaction/re-action; reassumption/re-assumption).