Heaven and Hell on Earth

Man's notion of a Heaven, a Paradise, reserved for the spirits of the good, clearly arose from impressions which the earth made upon his mind: for no Paradise can be fairer than this; just as his notion of a Hell arose from the squalid mess into which his own foolish habits of thought and action turned this Paradise.

The Purple Cloud (1901) by M. P. Shiel

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Context: Walking in the Yorkshire Dales, Jeffson looks out over Swaledale.

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