software or any other related product without express permission.]





This Etext prepared by Charles Hall chall@rtpnet.org





ON BOOKS AND THE HOUSING OF THEM

BY William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898)




In the old age of his intellect (which at
this point seemed to taste a little of
decrepitude), Strauss declared [1] that the doctrine of
immortality has recently lost the assistance
of a passable argument, inasmuch as it has
been discovered that the stars are inhabited;
for where, he asks, could room now be found
for such a multitude of souls? Again, in view
of the current estimates of prospective
population for this earth, some people have begun to
entertain alarm for the probable condition of