Re: >^..^< The cats on Candlemas 2008

In article <alep75xbd5.ln2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 archmage@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Nate Edel) wrote:

> David Friedman <ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >  archmage@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Nate Edel) wrote:
> > > Accepting for the sake of argument a hypothetical Christian God who
DID 
> > > give
> > > everyone life, how is it anything but an unsolicited gift, and as
such,
> > > without obligation?  Or alternatively, wouldn't the only obligation
be, 
> > > if
> > > you disliked the preconditions, to return it to the sender?
> >
> > There's a Millay poem on this subject. She's on God's side.
> 
> Any recollections as to the title or how to track it down?
> 
> I'm not terribly worried about it for sake of argument, but never having
> read Millay it seems a decent op****tunity to check her work out.

The title is "The suicide."

http://www.bartleby.com/131/3.html

Not particularly typical of her, though.

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