the body Quotes

“Sublime is the dominion of the mind over the body, that, for a time, can make flesh and nerve impregnable, and string the sinews like steel, so that the weak become so mighty.”

“Mas’r,” said Tom, “I know ye can do dreadful things; but,“—he stretched himself upward and clasped his hands,—“but, after ye’ve killed the body, there an’ t no more ye can do. And O, there’s all ETERNITY to come, after that!”