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destroyed all his mental edifices no
That dreadful question, “What for?” which had formerly destroyed all his mental edifices, no longer existed for him.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

departure and had made every necessary
On the 27th of April he had written to Knox, "Though so much afflicted with a Rheumatick complaint (of which I have not been entirely free for Six months) as to be under the necessity of carrying my arm in a Sling for the last ten days, I had fixed on Monday next for my departure, and had made every necessary arrangement for the purpose when (within this hour)
— from The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught by Charles C. Nott

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