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The spirit-rapper; an autobiography

Orestes Augustus Brownson

execrated. Yet is it pleasant to feel that there are some who, bad as I have been, still love me, and will drop a tear of sincere grief over my lifeless remains. There are, too, some who, from the abundance of their charity, will, as they pass by my final resting-place, breathe the prayer, so consoling to the living at least,—“May his soul rest in peace.” After all, good is greater than evil, and love stronger than hell. THE END. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. 19.25 that [“/‘]occult power,[”/’] as an earlier Replaced. philosophy 20.17 [“]There is something fearful Added. 103.27 endeavoring to look killing.[”] Added. 144.8 More[o]ver, I did not wish Inserted. 156.25 per Deum sanctum,[”] Added. 161.25 would expla[i]n all this Inserted. 185.13 the _stat[u]s quo_ Inserted. 202.21 author[r]ity may modify without danger Removed. 209.13 république d[e/é]mocratique Replaced. 251.2 sitt[t]ing-room Removed. 269.11 [“]was one of the most learned Added. 286.21 is the prin[ci]ple of all things Inserted. 308.18 Then a flint[s t/ st]one Space shifted. 401.30 from utter detesta[ta]tion Removed.