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.


Part 9, LIV - Meditations of a Parish Priest (1866)


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...

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...

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...

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...