"The Angel of Death is the invisible Angel of Life."
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A Study of Death (1895), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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Henry Mills Alden
Henry Mills Alden (November 11, 1836 – October 7, 1919) was an American author and editor of Harper's Weekly and other publications. He was born at Mount Tabor near Danby, Vt. He graduated at Williams College in 1857 and at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1860. Though he was licensed to preach, he chose other fields of endeavor.
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