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Believe me, it is no time for words when the wounds are fresh and bleeding no time for homilies when the lightning's shaft has smitten, and the man lies stunned and stricken. Then let the comforter be silent let him sustain by his presence, not by his preaching by his sympathetic silence, not by his speech.

George Horace Lorimer

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George Horace Lorimer
Age: 70 †
Born: 1867
Born: October 6
Died: 1937
Died: October 22
Journalist
Louisville
Kentucky
Believe
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Stricken
Men
Presence
Stunned
Time
Silent
Bleeding
Speech
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Preaching
Shaft
Lying
Lightning
Smitten
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Comforter

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