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Most persons have died before they expired - died to all earthly longings so that the last breath is only as it were the locking of the door of the already deserted mansion.
Most persons have died before they expired - died to all earthly longings so that the last breath is only as it were the locking of the door of the already deserted mansion.
Approximate author period: c. 1809 AD · industrial
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- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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- Approximate author period: c. 1809 AD · industrial
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