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Jessica Mitford: O death where...

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O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory? Where, indeed? Many a badly stung survivor, faced with the aftermath of some relative's funeral, has ruefully conceded that the victory has been won hands down by the funeral establishment . . .

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby Adams, 1989.
-- Jessica Mitford, (Sep 11 1917-1996), English-US journalist; She is best remembered for her best-seller American Way of Death, 1963.


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