He has a stronger body and is a better wrestler than I am. So what? Is he more generous? Is he more humble? Does he handle bad luck with more calm? Does he deal with his neighbor's wrongs with more patience and kindness than I do?
He hath a stronger body, and is a better wrestler than I. What then? Is he more bountiful? is he more modest? Doth he bear all adverse chances with more equanimity: or with his neighbour's offences with more meekness and gentleness than I?
The parts that came from earth will return to earth. The parts that came from heaven will return to heaven. Maybe it's just atoms breaking apart and scattering. Maybe it's simple elements dispersing back where they belong... 'People try to avoid death with food and drink and magic tricks. They want to change their fate. But we all must face that wind from above, no matter how hard we work or struggle.'
'And as for those parts that came from the earth, they shall return unto the earth again; and those that came from heaven, they also shall return unto those heavenly places.' Whether it be a mere dissolution and unbinding of the manifold intricacies and entanglements of the confused atoms; or some such dispersion of the simple and incorruptible elements... 'With meats and drinks and divers charms, they seek to divert the channel, that they might not die. Yet must we needs endure that blast of wind that cometh from above, though we toil and labour never so much.'