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           Formostofhisadultlifesincecollegedays,hesupposedhehadbelievedthatdeathwastheend.Hehadbeenpresentatmanydeathbedsandhadneverfeltasoulbulletpasthimonitswayto...wherever;hadn’tthisverythoughtoccurredtohimuponthedeathofVictorPascow?HehadagreedwithhisPsychologyIteacherthatthelife-after-deathexperiencesreportedinscholarlyjournalsandthenvulgarizedinthepopularpressprobablyindicatealast-ditchmentalstandagainsttheonrushofdeaththeendlesslyinventivehumanmind,stavingoffinsanitytotheveryendbyconstructingahallucinationofimmortality.Hehadlikewiseagreedwithanacquaintanceinthedormwhohadsaid,duringanall-nightbullsessionduringLouis’ssophomoreyearatChicago,thattheBiblewassuspiciouslyfullofmiracleswhichhadceasedalmostcompletelyduringtheageofrationality("totallyceased,"hehadsaidatfirstbuthadbeenforcedbackwardatleastonestepbyotherswhoclaimedwithsomeauthoritythattherewerestillplentyofweirdthingsgoingon,littlepocketsofperplexityinaworldthathadbecomebyandlargeaclean,well-lightedplacetherewas,forinstance,theShroudofTurin,whichhadsurvivedeveryefforttodebunkit)."SoChristbroughtLazarusbackfromthedead,"thisacquaintancewhohadgoneontobecomeahighlythought-ofo.b.maninDearborn,Michiganhadsaid."That’sfinewithme.IfIhavetoswallowit,Iwill.

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