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Poem of the Day: ‘My Days among the Dead Are Past’

The dead, especially the great figures of the past, grant us the comfort and wisdom to learn how to live — and how to die.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens'  1891 memorial to Henry Adams' wife, Clover, who had committed suicide.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens' 1891 memorial to Henry Adams' wife, Clover, who had committed suicide. Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons