It is my will, that I shall not be buried within one mile of any churchyard, or of any Presbyterian or Anabaptist church, for the reason that as I have kept a great deal of bad company in this world, I do not wish to do so in the next.
Stevenson shares a unique and personal wish regarding his burial, reflecting on his past associations.
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