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The poor negro bled to death, of course; and I called it killing by courtesy.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “The poor negro bled to death, of course; and I called it killing by courtesy.”
Editor's note · Context
Reid expresses his grim conclusion about the outcome of a surgical operation he performed on a patient.
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