DESIR

Page 23. Schiller expresses the universal longing implanted in the human heart for something higher and better than the présent life. The hope of a future and happier state of existence casts along the night-like paths of life a light that is never wholly extinguished. The belief that a brighter world exists will alone satisfy reason.

" 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter And intimâtes Eternity to man."