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... With that satisfaction which is born of full comprehension, he watched the light glow and spread about the little bed. Thick matting deadened the footsteps of nurses, orderlies, doctors. WITH THAT SATISFACTION WHICH IS BORN OF FULL COMPREHENSION HE WATCHED THE LIGHT GLOW AND SPREAD ABOUT THE LITTLE BED THICK MATTING DEADENED THE FOOTSTEPS OF NURSES ORDERLIES DOCTORS
riods of unconsciousness,[150] but there were periods of half-consciousness as well; then flashes of another kind of consciousness altogether, when, bathed in high, soft light, he was aware of things he could not quite account for. He saw. It was absolutely real. Only, the critical faculty was gone. He did not question what he saw, as he stared across at his cousin’s bed. He knew. Perhaps the beaten, worn-out body let something through at last. The nerves, over-strained to numbness, lay very still. The physical system, battered and depleted, made no cry. The clamour of the flesh was hushed. He was aware, however, of an undeniable exaltation of the spirit in him, as he lay and gazed towards his cousin’s bed. ... Across the night of time, it seemed to him, the picture stole before his inner eye with a certainty that left no room for doubt. It was not the cells of memory in his brain of To-day that gave up their dead, it was the eternal Self in him that remembered and understood—the soul. R DIED AWAY HE WAS EXHAUSTED THERE WERE PERIODS OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS BUT THERE WERE PERIODS OF HALF CONSCIOUSNESS AS WELL THEN FLASHES OF ANOTHER KIND OF CONSCIOUSNESS ALTOGETHER WHEN BATHED IN HIGH SOFT LIGHT HE WAS AWARE OF THINGS HE COULD NOT QUITE ACCOUNT FOR HE SAW IT WAS ABSOLUTELY REAL ONLY THE CRITICAL FACULTY WAS GONE HE DID NOT QUESTION WHAT HE SAW AS HE STARED ACROSS AT HIS COUSIN'S BED HE KNEW PERHAPS THE BEATEN WORN OUT BODY LET SOMETHING THROUGH IT LAST THE NERVES OVERSTRAINED TO NUMBNESS LAY VERY STILL THE PHYSICAL SYSTEM BATTERED AND DEPLETED MADE NO CRY THE CLAMOUR OF THE FLESH WAS HUSHED HE WAS AWARE HOWEVER OF AN UNDENIABLE EXALTATION OF THE SPIRIT IN HIM AS HE LAY AND GAZED TOWARDS HIS COUSIN'S BED ACROSS THE NIGHT OF TIME IT SEEMED TO HIM THE PICTURE STOLE BEFORE HIS INNER EYE WITH A CERTAINTY THAT LEFT NO ROOM FOR DOUBT IT WAS NOT THE CELLS OF MEMORY IN HIS BRAIN OF TO DAY THAT GAVE UP THEIR DEAD IT WAS THE ETERNAL SELF IN HIM THAT REMEMBERED AND UNDERSTOOD THE SOUL
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