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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1928: Thomas Hardy Put to Rest

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From: International Herald Tribune
Date: 20030117
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LONDON: Tonight [Jan. 16] all that was mortal of Thomas Hardy lies beneath Wessex soil in earth brought to Westminster Abbey from Dorset. Only the great novelist's heart was interred in Dorset. The simultaneous ceremonies in London and in Stinsford provided the sharpest contrast. In London the kingdom's greatest men lent their presence at the state funeral. At Stinsford shopkeepers were present among the people who knew and loved Thomas Hardy as a man, rather than a distinguished author.

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