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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; ... Ecclesiastes: or The Preacher: 3∶1; King James Version (1623); The Holy Bible

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Portions of this manuscript were presented as a Eulogy during aMemorial Service for Those Whose Bodies Have Been Used for Medical Study, Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, March 4, 1993.

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Williams, M.D., Rodning, C.B. Treading on hallowed ground. J Med Hum 17, 103–118 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02276812

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