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We are spirits • That bodies should be lent us so long as they can
afford us pleasure • assist us in acquiring knowledge • or in doing good to our fellowman • is a kind and benevolent act of God ••• When they become unfit for these purposes, and afford us pain instead of
pleasure • and instead of an aid become an incumbrance • it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we may depart
from them. • Death is that way ••• It is as if our friend and we were invited to a houseparty, which is to last forever. • His chair was ready first, and he has gone before us. • We could not all conveniently start together • And we should not be grieved at this, since we some day
will follow, and know where to find him. •••
-Ben Franklin