The murder of husbands, of wives, of brothers, sisters and children, whose pleasing society has been for some time enjoyed, affects deeply the respective surviving relations; but grief for the death of a child just born is short, and easily supported.
Franklin reflects on the varying depths of grief experienced by survivors after a death.
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