Living to an extraordinary age, she mourned them all equally as she buried her husband and, one by … - Martine Leavitt

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I count him a great man who inhabits a higher sphere of thought, into which other men rise with labor and difficulty; he has but to open his eyes to see things in a true light, and in large relations; whilst they must make painful corrections, and keep a vigilant eye on many sources of error.

Martine Leavitt

Living to an extraordinary age, she mourned them all equally as she buried her husband and, one by one, her children. In this suffering she found the best sort of perfection--the kind that never demands it of others.

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Tell me what it is like to die," I answered. He dismounted from his horse, looking at me strangely the whole while. "You experience something similar every day," he said softly. "It is as familiar to you as bread and butter. " "Yes," I said. "It is like every night when I fall asleep. " "No. It is like every morning when you wake up.

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If untimely death came only those who deserved that fate, Keturah, where would choice be? No one would do good for its own sake, but only to avoid an early demise. No one would speak out against evil because of his own courageous soul, but only to live another day. The right to choose is man's great gift, but one thing is not his to choose--the time and means of death.

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You, my lord, are the ending of all true stories.

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Demonstrate talent, said Grandmother often to me, and you will still be loved by a husband when beauty has faded.

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You have no dower," he said. "Live, Keturah. Go home. " "But I do have a dower," I said plainly. "This is my dower, Lord Death; the crown of flowers I will never wear at my wedding. " He knelt on one knee before me. "The little house I would have had of my own, to furnish and clean. That, too, is part of my dower. " "I will give you the world for your footstool," he said. "And most precious of all, I give you the wee baby I will never hold in my arms.

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