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  • But what can the woodsorrel and the mourning-dove, who deal only with eternals, know of the thorny sociabilities of human living?

    One Writer Sarah Weinman 2010

  • A mourning-dove had brought back in a swift passage of consciousness the breast of some savage mother.

    Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel Will Levington Comfort 1905

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