The book also considers - and rejects - the argument that we should not be looking to extend life, since finitude lends life savour, sweetness and value.
Savour these words, 'the landowner's right to possession of the land is herewith abolished without compensation'.
Its emotional impact is intensified and the listener has more time to savour its levels of meaning.
They are superbly researched and well written pieces, and should thus be enjoyed by all those who can savour a historian's craft.
There is much to savour but there doesn't have to be anything to learn.
And just as there should be variability in final products so should one savour the process by which these things are made.
The later, protestant chronicles may well have savoured this unusual metaphor for her burdens of office, but its initial appearance is still puzzling.
The reader whose brain gets overtaxed has ample opportunity to savour the seductive - and informative - illustrations.
