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Let us weep in our darkness—but weep not for him!
Not for him—who, departing, leaves millions in tears!
Not for him—who has died full of honor and years!
Not for him—who ascended Fame’s ladder so high
From the round at the top he has stepp'd to the sky.

— Nathaniel Parker Willis

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Grief

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He who binds
His soul to knowledge steals the key of heaven.

If there is any thing that keeps the mind
Open to angel visits, and repels
The ministry of ill—tis human love.

At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.

The value of life deepens incalculably with the privileges of travel.

The world well tried—the sweetest thing in life
Is the unclouded welcome of a wife.

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