But it's just as well.

Blunted perceptions, according to our needs, you know; and so life is tempered for us all, else we might not endure it long.

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A pleasantly morbid suggestion for a day like this, is it not?
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Shall we take a farewell plunge, and dress?
You know we say good-bye to-morrow." "Where do you go from here ?" "To Lenox; the Claymores have asked us for a week; after that, Hot Springs for another two weeks or so; after that, to Oyster Bay.