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An idea that the place was unhealthy possessed the owners, and, with a curious taste, what was too dangerous for men to live in was straightway selected for dead men to be buried in.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid reflects on the irony of choosing unhealthy locations for burial grounds, highlighting a curious human tendency.
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