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How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.

Alexander Pope

1732

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Death of friends Friends Death Loss Mourning

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Letter

Time

1732 Age of Enlightenment

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Alexander Pope

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Pope, Alexander and John Arbuthnot. Letter to Jonathan Swift. 5 Dec. 1732.

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