A Lonely Death
A lonely death may be terrible, but a universal one, as painless as this would appear to be, is not, in my judgment, a matter for apprehension. Indeed, I could sympathize with the person who took the view that the horror lay in the idea of surviving when all that is learned, famous, and exalted had passed away.
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Context: Challenger answers his companions' horror at the idea of the whole world dying at once.
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Source: Chapter II: The Tide of Death