Wednesday 27 July 1664 an insight into the making of contracts - reflections on death - ...and acquainted them with the death of Mr. Alsopp, which Mr. Lanyon had told me this morning, which is a sad consideration to see how uncertain a thing our lives are, and how little to be presumed of in our greatest undertakings.... Pepys shows a real knack of putting things in perspective in a few words....

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