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 I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to 
achieve immortality through not dying.  
 I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to 
achieve immortality through not dying. 
 'Tis immortality to die aspiring,
 As if a man were taken quick to heaven.  
 'Tis immortality to die aspiring,
 As if a man were taken quick to heaven. 
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake
To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake
 Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond;
 But is there anything Beyond?  
 Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond;
 But is there anything Beyond? 
 There is nothing strictly immortal, but immortality. Whatever 
hath no beginning may be confident of no end.  
 There is nothing strictly immortal, but immortality. Whatever 
hath no beginning may be confident of no end. 
 No, no! The energy of life may be
 Kept on after the grave, but not begun;
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 No, no! The energy of life may be
 Kept on after the grave, but not begun;
  And he who flagg'd not in the earthly strife,
   From strength to strength advancing--only he
    His soul well-knit, and all his battles won,
     Mounts, and that hardly, to eternal life. 
 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the 
spirit shall return unto God who read more 
 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the 
spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 
 Thus God's children are immorall whiles their
 Father hath anything for them to do on earth.  
 Thus God's children are immorall whiles their
 Father hath anything for them to do on earth.