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William Hull

Captain Hale, alone, without sympathy or support, save that from above, on the near approach of death asked for a clergyman to attend him. It was refused. He then requested a Bible that too was refused by his inhuman jailer.

William Hull

Sympathy

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Captain Hale faced death completely isolated, with no comfort or help except what he hoped to receive from a higher power. Despite his final requests for spiritual support, both a clergyman and a Bible were cruelly denied to him by his jailer.

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