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Word: graveward (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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...whose heart reposes guilty knowledge need expect to make peace with God until full confession is first made." Dawn. In police headquarters, a night captain leaned drowsily over his desk. He felt chill dawn creep through an open door. A solitary woman came toward him. She was on the graveward side of 50, listless, tearstained, slummocky. When she began to speak, a little hysterical, the captain woke up. She told of a night spent on her knees before an unopened bed, of wrestling with God, of foreseen tortures of Hell, of crimes she must confess. Day. None of the crimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: In Elmira | 11/10/1924 | See Source »

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