{"collection":"ETC Sacred Texts","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_etc_fcod_fcod04_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_etc_fcod_fcod04_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_etc_fcod_fcod04_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/etc/fcod/fcod04.htm","summary":"IN the animal kingdom a dead body arouses no feelings of fear or repulsion. In most cases it is looked upon as a generous gift of Nature, of which the fullest advantage is to be taken, or the opportunity lost to competition. It is difficult to appreciate how vast a number of birds, beasts and insects inhabit the fields and woods, and we may well ask ourselves the question \"What becomes of their dead?\" In a day's search we may not find among all the teaming wild population a single stiffened\u2026","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Funeral Customs: Chapter I: The Provisions of Nature","tradition":"ETC Sacred Texts","translated_text":null,"word_count":1526}