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deceased friend, Cortez "Pond, I had, as usual, some conversation with Roger Haviland. During our talk he took my hand and said, "I think you would come to my funeral. " I answered, "If you should die first, I will be there. " It is not more to redeem that promise, than for my friendship to the deceased, that I am here. It is good old Scripture, "Thy friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not. " The man who lies dead before us bore this double relation to me.
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