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My narrative may be invaded by inaccuracy and confusion; but if I live no longer, I will, at least, live to complete it. What but ambiguities, abruptnesses, and dark transitions, can be expected from the historian who is, at the same time, the sufferer of these disasters?

— Charles Brockden Brown Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)

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In the midst of my despair, I do not disdain to contribute what little I can for the benefit of mankind.

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Grief carries its own antidote along with it.

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