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To neglect at any time preparation for death, is to sleep on our post at a siege, but to omit it in old age, is to sleep at an attack.
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- Laurence Binyon: William Strang, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Kate O'Mara: Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Benjamin Hoadly: William Hogarth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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- Montague Summers: Summers family, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized