Tis this which makes The best assurance of our promised heaven: This triumph intellect has over death- Our words yet live on others' lips; our thoughts Actuate others. Can that man be dead Whose spiritual influence is upon his kind? (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

Tis this which makes The best assurance of our promised heaven: This triumph intellect has over death- Our words yet live on others' lips; our thoughts Actuate others. Can that man be dead Whose spiritual influence is upon his kind?

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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