XIX A NEW EGO CAN FIND A NUCLEUS AND DEVELOP ITSELF IN INFINITY 60 XX THE ONLY SORROW THAT CAN TOUCH OUR MIND 65 XXI INFINITY AS CONCEIVED BY OUR REASON 68 XXII INFINITY AS PERCEIVED BY OUR SENSES 71 XXIII WHICH OF THE TWO SHALL WE KNOW? 74 XXIV THE INFINITY WHICH BOTH OUR REASON AND OUR SENSES CAN ADMIT 77 XXV OUR FAITH IN INFINITY 81 XXVI THE SAME, CONTINUED 84 XXVII SHALL WE BE UNHAPPY THERE? 87 XXVIII QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS? 90 XXIX THE SAME, CONTINUED 95 XXX IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO ANSWER THEM 99 XXXI EVERYTHING MUST FINISH EXEMPT FROM SUFFERING 102 DEATH I OUR IDEA OF DEATH It 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!"[1] [Footnote 1: Marie Leneru, _Les Affranchis_, Act III., Sc. iv.] II A PRIMITIVE IDEA