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Literature and the scandal of holiness

Acton Line

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How Do You Die Well?

The last chapter of your book is called ors moriendi, the art of dying. You say that we don't see death in our culture any more. We don't gather around family members who are dying to learn how to die ourselves. The best way to prepare for it is to vicariously inhabit all these stories.

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