He believes that men may differ profoundly in their opinions upon these points and still be in perfect agreement upon the essentials of religion. The reality of religion he believes deals wholly and exclusively with the God of the Heart. He declares as his own opinion, and as the opinion which seems most expressive of modern thought, that there is no reason to suppose the Veiled Being either benevolent or malignant towards men. But if the reader believes that God is Almighty and in every way Infinite the practical outcome is not very different. Whether we live forever or die tomorrow does not affect righteousness.
Many people seem to find the prospect of a final personal death unendurable.
This impresses me as egotism. I have no such appetite for a separate immortality. H. G. W. Dunmow, May, 1917.