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Adlai Stevenson: “Here the invalid needs no physician, and the laborer rests from unrequited toil.”

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Here the invalid needs no physician, and the laborer rests from unrequited toil.
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Adlai Stevenson

Editor's note · Context

This passage highlights the relief and rest found in death, free from life's struggles.

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