To: Lonesome in Massachussets
The language is archaic, It's not so much that, but the author's trademark lugubrious prose.
It's no better in the original French.
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04/07/2024 7:49:53 AM PDT by
absalom01
(You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
To: absalom01
The author was most certainly English, and composed in English.
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