. . . the crime of suicide lies rather in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind.
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It is the one orderly product our middling race has produced. It is the cry of a thousand sentinels, the echo from a thousand labyrinths it is the lighthouse which cannot be hidden the best evidence we can give of our dignity.
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