Note 72 — Chapter III · [59] THE MORAL GOVERNMENT OF GOD.

[“When one supposes he is about to die, there comes over him a fear and anxiety about things in regard to which he felt none before. For the stories which are told about Hades, that such, as have practised wrong, must there suffer punishment, although made light of for a while, these torment the soul lest they should be true. But he who is conscious of innocence, has a pleasant and good hope, which will support old age.” Plato, Respub. i. s. 5.]