YOU MUST LEARN THE COMPASSION PROPER TO YOUR TRADE" "And what's that?" "A SHARP EDGE.
Terry PratchettPrevious generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you might well have seen the funerals of many of your siblings before you were very old.
Terry PratchettRidcully was to management what King Herod was to the Bethlehem Playgroup Association.
Terry Pratchett