Their laughter was like the stridulation of the ghosts of grasshoppers.
Vincent knew he was dying. A horrendous fever overwhelmed him with intolerable pain throughout many sleepless hours. It came as a result of a malaria epidemic that erupted in his hometown during early nineteenth century Europe. The disease spread so fast, physicians had to ration their stocks of quinine only to use it on patients who weren__ declared __opeless_. Vincent was one of the unlucky ones. Speculating his time on Earth may be short, he requested spiritual guidance, even if he wasn__ a faithful man, nor did he believe in forgiveness. He appealed to the Church as a __ust in case_ like many other petrified atheists.
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Vincent knew he was dying. A horrendous fever overwhelmed him with intolerable pain throughout many sleepless hours. It came as a result of a malaria epidemic that erupted in his hometown during early nineteenth century Europe. The disease spread so fast, physicians had to ration their stocks of quinine only to use it on patients who weren__ declared __opeless_. Vincent was one of the unlucky ones. Speculating his time on Earth may be short, he requested spiritual guidance, even if he wasn__ a faithful man, nor did he believe in forgiveness. He appealed to the Church as a __ust in case_ like many other petrified atheists.
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