alive to

You do exactly as you please, and it is a wonder that either of us is alive to-day.

In other words, if Shelley were alive to-day and were the same Shelley, he would be presented with a like boycott?

“Umlaut” is still a very live symbolic process in German, possibly more alive to-day than in medieval times.

"Had he invested that money in war bonds he would have probably been alive to-day," said Mr. Edgehill gravely.

If he were alive to-day Jack's view would have been his view, and that was the reason why it was Jack's view.