I was struck by an awful thought, the kind that cannot be taken back once it escapes into the open air of consciousness; it seemed to me that this was not a place you go to live. It was a place you go to die.
I pity my brother Ferdinand, knowing by my own feelings how sad a thing it is to live apart from one's family.
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I pity my brother Ferdinand, knowing by my own feelings how sad a thing it is to live apart from one's family.
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