I had rather live and love where death is king, than have eternal life where love is not. Another life is nought, unless we know and love again the ones who love us here.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator

Speech (1882-01-08), “At a Child’s Grave,” Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D. C.
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Eulogy at the burial of Harry Miller.