The Death of Marcus Aurelius

The Death of Marcus Aurelius

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Henry David Thoreau 8


On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world. 

—from Henry David Thoreau, Journals (28 February, 1840) 

IMAGE: Caspar David Friedrich, Ulrich von Hutten's Grave (c. 1824) 



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