That Is What Death Is For

Of course we are. Obviously. Each man for his own time. … We do our job and go. See? That is what death is for. We work out all our little brains and all our little emotions, and then this lot begins afresh. Fresh and fresh! Perfectly simple.

Cossar The Food of the Gods (1904) by H. G. Wells

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Context: The engineer Cossar tells Redwood that they two old men are out of it now.

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Source: Book III, Chapter 5

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