To see whole bodies of men breaking a constitution; in short, to be encompassed with the greatest dangers from without, to be torn by many virulent factions within, then to be secure and senseless, are the most likely symptoms, in a state, of sickness unto death.
-- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
αὕτη ἡ ἀσθένεια οὐκ ἔστιν πρὸς θάνατον -- John 11:4
