Word: aetemam
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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Outside the bells of Saint Gudule moaned the grief of the world. Women who had been praying for hours in the street outside the clinic crossed themselves once again; rose with stiffened knees and chilled bodies. "Requiem in aetemam dona eis, Domine," prayed all society. Lying in state at Malines on Sunday, the frail old body was approached with reverence by a long queue. They touched the hems o? hio robes, they brough/ pious tokens and keepsakes for the cold fingers to brush. Toward evening the line still stretched far down the dusky avenue. There was rioting before the doors...
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