Moreover the imperishable can preserve the perishable." "It was not your habit to talk of death when we were together." "I have found it interesting of late years.

The subject is connected with one of my inventions.

Did you ever embalm a body?
No?
I could tell you something singular about the newest process." "What is the connection ?" "I am embalming myself, body and mind.

It is but an experiment, and unless it succeeds it must be the last.

Embalming, as it is now understood, means substituting one thing for another.