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Oh, if our friends would but put off anatomising one till after one was safely dead, and call to mind that, previously, we have nerves to be agonised and morbid brains to be driven mad!

Elizabeth Barrett Browningverified·The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 2 (ed. Frederic G. Kenyon)·February 26, 1852