8 May 1882 – 14 May 1882
8 May 1882
Murder of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr. Burke in the Phoenix Park. O wretched country !
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Storm of wind, trees blown down. Hear of serious illness, then of the death of Emerson — eighty next month — a calm happy truly philosophic life. No grief, scarcely sadness, in such a departure ; but it leaves the world lonelier, and us the readier to go when our day comes.
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