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A quotation from Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.

Most persons have died before they expire — died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the doors of the already deserted mansion.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, ch. 11 (1860)

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The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, ch. 11 (1860) - Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. | WIST Quotations Quotations

Most persons have died before they expire -- died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the doors of the already deserted mansion. Sometimes misquoted as "Many persons ...." The chapter originally...

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