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All men think all men mortal, but themselves.
All men think all men mortal, but themselves.
Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving.
Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving.
We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.
We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.
 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. 
Immortality - a fate worse than death.
Immortality - a fate worse than death.
 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? 
 I don't want to achieve immortality by being inducted into the 
Hall of Fame. I want to achieve immortality read more 
 I don't want to achieve immortality by being inducted into the 
Hall of Fame. I want to achieve immortality by not dying. 
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
 On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending,
 And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.  
 On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending,
 And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.