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O grave, where is thy victory? Where, indeed. Many a badly stung survivor, faced with the aftermath of some relative’s funeral, has ruefully concluded that the victory has been won hands down by a funeral establishment.

— Jessica Mitford The American Way of Death (1963)

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Cf. 1 Corinthians 15:55

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