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It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind.
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"It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind."
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It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind. — Jonathan Swift

About Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was a Writer from Kingdom of Ireland (1667–1745).

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This quote is attributed to Jonathan Swift, a Writer from Kingdom of Ireland.
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Jonathan Swift lived from 1667 – 1745.
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