We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappin… - Joseph Roux

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We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

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About Joseph Roux

Abbé Joseph Roux (19 April 1834 – February 1905) was a French Catholic parish priest, poet, and philologist.

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