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SURVIVING by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER

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First Line: IT IS TRUE THAT IN THIS CENTURY
Last Line: TELL ME IT IS NOT MERELY THE DUTY OF GRIEF
Subject(s): SURVIVAL;
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