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A SAILOR was asked, Where did your father die?--In a storm, answered
the sailor. And your grandfather?--He was drowned.--And your
great-grandfather?--He perished at sea.--How, then, said the
questioner, dare you go to sea, since all your ancestors perished
there? You needs must be very rash.--Master, replied the sailor, do
me the favor of telling me where your father died?--Very comfortably
in a bed.--And your forefathers?--In the same manner,--very quietly
in their beds.--Ah! master, replied the sailor, how, then, dare you
go to bed, since all your ancestors died in it?
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