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Quotation by James Boswell
I had a strong curiosity to be satisfied if he persisted in disbelieving a future state even when he had death before his eyes.... I asked him if the thought of annihilation never gave him any uneasiness. He said not the least.... "Well," said I, "Mr. Hume, I hope to triumph over you when I meet you in a future state; and remember you are not to pretend that you was joking with all this infidelity." "No, no," said he. "But I shall have been so long there before you come that it will be nothing new."
James Boswell (1740–1795), Scottish author. Boswell in Extremes, July 7, 1776, p. 11, McGraw-Hill Book Publishing Company, Inc. (1970).
Boswell's interview with the dying David Hume.
Boswell's interview with the dying David Hume.
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