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The silver cord is broken,--the tenderest of natural ties is dissolved,--life is no longer to me what it was,--my home is no longer the abode of my mother.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “The silver cord is broken,--the tenderest of natural ties is dissolved,--life is no longer to me what it was,--my home…”
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Quincy reflects on the profound loss of his mother and its impact on his life.
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