Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is be…

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Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved. ✨ Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 9, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar (1894)
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