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Old May 12th, 2008, 03:20 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Actually, while it's desperately sad to see so many dead children who would probably have survived whatever killed them today, the Victorians were much less squeamish about death and while they didn't celebrate it, there wasn't this unspoken taboo around it either. It was a normal part of life which is quite a healthy attitude really.
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