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Quotation from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

“His hour had struck; we bore him to the death-room, poor boy.”

Mark Twain (spoken by Mark Twain (narrator))

Life on the Mississippi, Chapter 20 (Project Gutenberg #245)

Portrait of Mark Twain

The last line of the chapter on Henry Clemens's death after the Pennsylvania explosion, in the Memphis hall used as a hospital.

Citation: "His hour had struck; we bore him to the death-room, poor boy." — Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, Chapter 20 (Project Gutenberg #245). (id life-on-the-mississippi-q7)

Portrait: Life on the Mississippi, Unknown, Public domain.

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