"To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."

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"To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."

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Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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Millicent Fawcett, British Activist

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W. H. Auden, English Poet

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, American Psychologist

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"A few cold words on yonder stone, A corpse as cold as they can be - Vain words, and mouldering dust, alone - Can this be all that's left of thee? O, no! thy spirit lingers still Where'er thy sunny smile was seen: There's less of darkness, less of chill On earth, than if thou hadst not been.Thou breathest in my bosom yet, And dwellest in my beating heart; And, while I cannot quite forget, Thou, darling, canst not quite depart."

Anne Bronte, British Novelist

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Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

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Robert Bolt, British Playwright

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Marty Rubin, American Author

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Donald Rumsfeld, American Politician

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