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Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to commend the bone, but to set it, Sir.

Source: Letter, Jul 1862, to clergyman and writer T. W. Higginson; in The Letters of Emily Dickinson, vol. 2, 1958.
-- Emily Dickinson, (Dec 10 1830-1886), US poet; She was a reclusive stylist who combined spare lyricism with unorthodox diction.

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