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Whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines.

O. Henry

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O. Henry
Age: 47 †
Born: 1862
Born: September 11
Died: 1910
Died: June 5
Journalist
Writer
Greensboro
North Carolina
William Sydney Porter
Olivier Henry
Oliver Henry
Power
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Cents
Funeral
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Curative
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Subtract
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Medicines
Whenever
Carriages
Patient
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