Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes

Many persons sigh for death when it seems far off, but the inclination vanishes when the boat upsets, or the locomotive runs off the track, or the measles set it.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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• Many persons sigh for death when it seems far off, but the inclination vanishes when the boat upsets, or the locomotive runs off the track, or the measles set it.

  

  Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Death
  • Running
  • Boat