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But in battle you cannot tell another when it is his time to enter the World-to-Come, nor is it possible to keep any man in this world when he wishes to leave it behind.
But in battle you cannot tell another when it is his time to enter the World-to-Come, nor is it possible to keep any man in this world when he wishes to leave it behind.
Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
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- Alice Hoffman
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- Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1952; activity date not established; Wikidata Q452722, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452722 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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