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"I know that the body may be separated into its elements by external agencies, but I should have refused to believe what I saw. For here there was some internal force, of which I knew nothing, that caused dissolution and change. "Here too was all the work by which man had been made repeated before my eyes. I KNOW THAT THE BODY MAY BE SEPARATED INTO ITS ELEMENTS BY EXTERNAL AGENCIES BUT I SHOULD HAVE REFUSED TO BELIEVE WHAT I SAW FOR HERE THERE WAS SOME INTERNAL FORCE OF WHICH I KNEW NOTHING THAT CAUSED DISSOLUTION AND CHANGE HERE TOO WAS ALL THE WORK BY WHICH MAN HAD BEEN MADE REPEATED BEFORE MY EYES
, upon mature consideration, and after weighting the good and evil, I shall one day destroy this paper, or at least leave it under seal to my friend D., trusting in his discretion, to use it or to burn it, as he may think fit. “As was befitting, I did all that my knowledge suggested to make sure that I was suffering under no delusion. At first astounded, I could hardly think, but in a minute’s time I was sure that my pulse was steady and regular, and that I was in my real and true senses. I then fixed my eyes quietly on what was before me. “Though horror and revolting nausea rose up within me, and an odour of corruption choked my breath, I remained firm. I was then privileged or accursed, I dare not say which, to see that which was on the bed, lying there black like ink, transformed before my eyes. The skin, and the flesh, and the muscles, and the bones, and the firm structure of the human body that I had thought to be unchangeable, and permanent as adamant, began to melt and dissolve. S ARE TOO ABOMINABLE IT IS PROBABLY THAT UPON MATURE CONSIDERATION AND AFTER WAITING THE GOOD AND EVIL I SHALL ONE DAY DESTROY THIS PAPER AT LEAST LEAVE IT UNDER SEAL TO MY FRIEND D TRUSTING IN HIS DISCRETION TO USE IT OR TO BURN IT AS HE MAY THINK FIT AS WAS BEFITTING I DID ALL THAT MY KNOWLEDGE SUGGESTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS SUFFERING UNDER NO DELUSION AT FIRST ASTOUNDED I COULD HARDLY THINK BUT IN A MINUTE'S TIME I WAS SURE THAT MY PULSE WAS STEADY AND REGULAR AND THAT I WAS IN MY REAL AND TRUE SENSES I THEN FIXED MY EYES QUIETLY ON WHAT WAS BEFORE ME THOUGH HORROR AND REVOLTING NAUSEA ROSE UP WITHIN ME AND AN ODOUR OF CORRUPTION CHOKED MY BREATH I REMAINED FIRM I WAS THEN PRIVILEGED OR CURSED I DARE NOT SAY WHICH TO SEE THAT WHICH WAS ON THE BED LYING THERE BLACK LIKE INK TRANSFORMED BEFORE MY EYES THE SKIN AND THE FLESH AND THE MUSCLES AND THE BONES AND THE FIRM STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BODY THAT I HAD THOUGHT TO BE UNCHANGEABLE AND PERMANENT AS ADAMANT BEGAN TO MELT AND DISSOLVE
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