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My son, a perfect little boy of five years and three months, had ended his earthly life. you can never sympathize with me; you can never know how much of me such a young child can take away. a few weeks ago i accounted myself a very rich man, and now the poorest of all.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
My son, a perfect little boy of five years and three months, had ended his earthly life. you can never sympathize with me; you can never know how much of me such a young child can take away. a few weeks ago i accounted myself a very rich man, and now the poorest of all.
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