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Death - Maurice Maeterlinck
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Title: Death
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DEATH
BY
MAURICE MAETERLINCK
TRANSLATED BY
ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1912
Copyright, 1911
By Maurice Maeterlinck
Published, January, 1912
All rights reserved
THE WORKS OF MAURICE MAETERLINCK IN
UNIFORM STYLE AND BINDING
ESSAYS
The Treasure of the Humble
Wisdom and Destiny
The Life of the Bee
The Buried Temple
The Double Garden
The Measure of the Hours
Death
PLAYS
Sister Beatrice and Ardiane and Barbe Bleue
Joyzelle and Monna Vanna
The Blue Bird, A Fairy Play
Mary Magdalene
Pélléas and Mélisande, and Other Plays
Princess Maleine
The Intruder, and Other Plays
Aglavaine and Selysette
HOLIDAY EDITIONS
The text in each case is an extract from one of the above mentioned books.
Our Friend the Dog
Old-Fashioned Flowers
The Swarm
The Intelligence of the Flowers
Chrysanthemums
The Leaf of Olive
Thoughts from Maeterlinck
CONTENTS
DEATH
I
OUR IDEA OF DEATH
t has been well said:
Death and death alone is what we must consult about life; and not some vague future or survival, in which we shall not be present. It is our own end; and everything happens in the interval between death and now. Do not talk to me of those imaginary prolongations which wield over us the childish spell of number; do not talk to me—to me who am to die outright—of societies and peoples! There is no reality, there is no true duration, save that between the cradle and the grave. The rest is mere bombast, show, delusion! They call me a master because of some magic in my speech and thoughts; but I am a frightened child in the presence of death!
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II
A PRIMITIVE IDEA
hat is where we stand. For us, death is the one event that counts in our life and in our universe. It is the point whereat all that escapes our vigilance unites
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