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The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Born: Apr 3, 1783
Died: Nov 28, 1859

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Solitude, Affliction, Duty, Every, Other, Consider, Brood, Wound, Seek, Only, Open, Divorced, Over, Heal, Dead, Sorrow, Cherish, Forget, Refuse, Which, Keep

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