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The death of Laura Cathrine Bjølstad,
mother of Edvard Munch,
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occurred in 1868,
following a pulmonary haemorrhage.
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Sophie has asked me
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to write down my last will for her.
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I've called it My Exhortations.
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"My dear children.
I am so afraid that in heaven
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"I shall miss you who are so dear
to my heart here on earth.
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"But, trusting in the Lord, I shall
beg for your souls as long as
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"He grants me life."
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In 1845, Edvard Munch's grandfather
became insane
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from a disease of the spinal cord.
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Father walked to and fro
across the floor.
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Then he sat down beside Mother
on the sofa.
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They whispered to each other
and leaned against each other.
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Karlemann looked at them
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and wondered why
tears ran down their cheeks.
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"Death and the kingdom of death
were cast in the fiery sea.
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"This is another death.
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Anyone not written in The Book Of Life..."
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The Munch family, following
the medical practice of the father,
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have moved from one crowded house
to another
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in the poorer districts of Kristiania.
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How long have you had it?