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AMERICAN WOMEN AND HOSPITA&S. .161
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influence his was p beloved iety , of admired by upri all . his ht nature fortitude man , and made now itself lamented deepl his felt hard patience even death in , respected , for little the
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were trouble creep no , as tears the and choke the fare his well voice of , the the grasp friends was his . the han more d , betrayed touching ; but from there its
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distressful gasps room as he slowly breathed p his life away . I thought , nearly needed gone , and when had suddenl just laid , down rose the fan his , belie bed v ing cried its hel out p to with he no bitt longer er cry up
that broke , , the silence , y sharply startling every , one with its agonized appeal" " It ' For was God the ' s . sake y , cry give -. pai n or death !' had wrung from him , the only boon lie could itfor all the airs that blow
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u grasp nconsciousnesswhich assured us that for him suffering , was for ever past . He longer died reck the , which th n , for w an ere thoug , immor but h the the tal waves heavy of breaths an had ebbing deser still tide ted tore that w their ith a t w smile unfelt ay up . against for Ha never little the
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r but did emained s thoug o , that across it was hand its unsafe back , was for ev strangel en dead when y warmth cold living and and stiff . color , and had fo so . ur long re turned togeth te m else arks er - ;
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se hour ntim , a e n thing of rev which erence seldom e and affection r happened y seemed in grave tha to t fill , busy the p hearts lace , but of all a u w ho ver had sal death nt h th
pride house known , in always or my hear lost d earl of y patient him astir ; , , many n fo r w hen came looked the to rum s ee or most . him of kni hi , s ht oic I felt fi we gure a te throug l nder ying his sort tomb tliere o f -
The statel lovel y and still ress ion the which statue so often of som beau e young tifies dead g asleep essoon up r on laced tho . half mark -an s , - hour y p ain ' s acqu , and aintance I longed with for death those had who made loved them him frien be , st ds to . se As e ep hi wo m w stood hen
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American Women And Hospita&S. .161
AMERICAN WOMEN AND HOSPITA _& S . . 161
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 2, 1864, page 161, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02051864/page/17/
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