A Quote by Lin Yutang

A solemn funeral is inconceivable to the Chinese mind.

Lin Yutang

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Chinese Funeral Inconceivable Mind Solemn

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Lin Yutang
Chinese - Novelist
October 10, 1895 - March 26, 1976

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George Eliot

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Pankaj Mishra

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