Why not ask what a persons options were before you judge their actions ?
In the first passage, lexicographers are described as diligent and accomplished; they have a number of difficult and complex tasks to do. In the second passage, however, the word lexicographer seems to have a negative connotation, and a dictionary writer is compared unfavorably with a poet. This shift is likely because Johnson had to adjust his plan as he wrote his dictionary and thought that he had not met his lofty goals.
1. All humans return to dust when we die.
Note the quotes: "The world at large his home!" & "The same as from the start?"
2. The differences that are perceived when we are alive disappear, as we all become skeletons and our other materials become absorbed into the earth.
Again, this is based off the quote: "The world at large his home!" & "When life has settled back again, the same as from the start?"
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