John Morley: “On the whole, I must say I can wish no more for any family, than that…”

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On the whole, I must say I can wish no more for any family, than that when the stroke of bereavement comes, they meet it as it has been met here.

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John Morley

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Morley expresses a wish for families to cope with bereavement as gracefully as the family he observed.

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John Morley: “On the whole, I must say I can wish no more for any family, than that when the stroke of bereavement comes, they meet it…”