Last Words (Real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and Women
Author: first_name: Frederic Rowland
last_name: Marvin
Language: English
Year: 1902

It would seem as if the whole experience of a lifetime were sometimes summed up in the few solemn words uttered at moment when the spirit takes its departure — words of wisdom, of warning, or of radiant happiness and peace. The world has long been familiar with the last sayings of a few eminent persons, but no one, so far as we know, has ever undertaken the task which Rev. Dr. Frederic Rowland Marvin has performed so well in his volume, The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women”. The volume