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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.

 
NUMBER: 363
AUTHOR: William Ewart Gladstone (1809–98)
QUOTATION: Show me the manner in which a nation or a community cares for its dead. I will measure exactly the sympathies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty to high ideals.
ATTRIBUTION: Attributed to WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE.—“Successful Cemetery Advertising,” The American Cemetery, March 1938, p. 13. Unverified.
SUBJECTS: Death