Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.
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Smith, Alexander. "Of Death and the Fear of Dying." Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country. London: Strahan & Co., 1863.
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Smith, Alexander. "Of Death and the Fear of Dying." Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country. London: Strahan & Co., 1863.
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