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How fascinating is death, the extinction of life. One moment here and the next gone. The light put out and only the empty bag of the body left.

Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
Diplomat
Poet
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Death
Left
Extinction
Next
Bags
Moments
Emptiness
Light
Fascinating
Body
Empty
Life
Gone
Moment

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