Followingcloseuponthis，thereisalongseriesofanticipations，namely，thatweshallsuffercertainchildren’sdiseases，diseasesofmiddlelife，andofoldage；thethoughtthatweshallgrowold，loseourfaculties，andagainbecomechildlike；whilecrowningallisthefearofdeath。Thenthereisalonglineofparticulartearsandtrouble-bearingexpectations，such，forexample，asideasassociatedwithcertainarticlesoffood，thedreadoftheeastwind，theterrorsofhotweather，theachesandpainsassociatedwithcoldweather，thefearofcatchingcoldifonesitsinadraught，thecomingofhay-feveruponthe14thofAugustinthemiddleoftheday，andsoonthroughalonglistoffears，dreads，worriments，anxieties，anticipations，expectations，pessimisms，morbidities，andthewholeghostlytrainoffatefulshapeswhichourfellow-men，andespeciallyphysicians，arereadytohelpusconjureup，anarrayworthytorankwithBradley’s’unearthlyballetofbloodlesscategories。’
“Yetthisisnotall。Thisvastarrayisswelledbyinnumerablevolunteersfromdailylife——thefearofaccident，thepossibilityofcalamity，thelossofproperty，thechanceofrobbery，offire，ortheoutbreakofwar。Anditisnotdeemedsufficienttofearforourselves。Whenafriendistakenill，wemustforthwithfeartheworstandapprehenddeath。Ifonemeetswithsorrow……sympathymeanstoenterintoandincreasethesuffering。”[48]
[48]H。W。Dresser：VoicesofFreedom，NewYork，1899，p。38。
“Man。”toquoteanotherwriter，“oftenhasfearstampeduponhimbeforehisentranceintotheouterworld；heisrearedinfear；
allhislifeispassedinbondagetofearofdiseaseanddeath，andthushiswholementalitybecomescramped，limited，anddepressed，andhisbodyfollowsitsshrunkenpatternandspecification……Thinkofthemillionsofsensitiveandresponsivesoulsamongourancestorswhohavebeenunderthedominionofsuchaperpetualnightmare！Isitnotsurprisingthathealthexistsatall？Nothingbuttheboundlessdivinelove？