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Did your friend die young, or was the bond of another relation dissolved almost as soon as made? Let not this seem so intolerable a burden to you. For if you have ground to hope they died in Christ, then they lived long enough in this world. It is truly said: he has sailed long enough who has won the harbor; he has fought long enough who has obtained the victory; he has run long enough who has touched the goal; and he has lived long enough on earth who has won heaven — be his days here never so few.