The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-11-15
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However physiologists may question
the importancent llic fpebl8utterances
! Of the dying, 1t Is certain that maa-
kind in general fihds a significance IN
/! the last words of those who are vail
I iSlii9g into the unknow7f liie.
lie raves l's said theg,fhvsician.
when Dr. Adams, Rector ofitgie ifigh
School of Edinburgh Was passing
| away; but as we catch the last EorGS
! Of the rlving. our own eyes are dim
med. 1T grows dark. boys stretch
| iag forth bis hand ; .yop riay COZ
"All my possessions for q moment
of time !" noaned Queen Elizabeth.
Wesley St4lllaiv said, as he died.
"1lhe best Of it's, God Is Withns. ''N'
Deaf Beethoven. whose soul had
ever been flied with harmony, eX-
claimed gladly at the last, !. ! shall
hear 's1'.ss49 $3.50
b rs your mind at easesr Goldsmith
was asked ha his physician. NJ, Il IL
MT" was tlle mourntul reply. and he
spoke no more.
Haw different the parting words of
DR.. William Hunter: IF | had
strength to Ipld q pen, | wond write.
ho~aeasy and pleasant 4 tIliugit u to-
die"
President Edwards said. as hisdying
grasp looened on hard iolluy OF dog
mn, "Tt1stia God siid yph reed not
fear
Byron said wearily, N! must sleep
now."
Goethe. tlirlling to Ills Nyite, called
for Light, more Hight "
DIR. johnson died in Il tumn't Of nn-
easiness and dread.
Cowper sank to rest as peacefully as
a child,
"Iam taliag . fearful leap ip the
dark, . cried Hobber, the Deist.
Move Lord. Lord, receive nv
sollt'H wlislaffed Herbert oaais hstl
/" sweet day"
Politeness was no lo!iger 4 ruling
passion. but o clrism, when Chester
| field in dying said 'iGiNk lsyrolles nj
| chair" s@s
Surely something wak forgiven of
fWhrIes the Secoad when he bs;le fare
i4welI 70 evili,s pepir and usckedness
Iiin ssD0h't let pDoI'N SllystsRye. y
EIalltr's last words were. feeling bis
IOWA pllse. The artery ceases TO
beat" w !.
petarch died suddenly and silently
III bis library, his hand upon q book.
Sir Isaac Newton was winding his
watch when he was lishered into that
life that hath 40 epdsaA8 NJ
'falma, the great actor, exclaimed
pitiinlly as be Went, 1.-The worst of
MI Is, calplot see.n ,ss3 8D,
John locke nnrmured, 20 Tie
depths OF the riches Of the goodless
and knowledge OF God 7"
The dying adnohiti6a Of 'IearletI
Gr0tius to his race WAS /. Be6erious81,
Scarron, the French wit, said tilintly
to l'isA weeping friends '.Ah! Mss
enf ils, YOU cannot cry as much fo'
ne As ! lave made you laugh in my
stime." s,m
Lord Ihurlow in reckless wonder
exclaimed, I'm shot, If | aNTt'Le-
lipve Fin dying"
/ When poor Robert Burns ga:ped
with his last breath. "D0n't LET sthe
awkward fire over me " he did not
alladeto Ills ebhnneAtatoFsand critics,
YET what a significance sion.l the
words have for them
Ainlhowlittie AAhe Boleyn tltonglt,
when awaiting the executioner, she
/ clasped her airthrGla,stlFat 'Ifis but
small, very SMALL would link her
forever ID tlIesheaIt OF Christendom
Yes, we cannot doubt that many OF
the most elalaeat sseral0is mankind
has ever listel,d to have fallen from
dying lips,
caEarsa5ksalesAndthtu Bnitus'"S
John Quihef Adams This Il the
last Of earth. a,
Miabeau's fraatic cry for +" Mnsicr
after his life Of discom,
George WaslliAgton's 1T IL well NY
do they not grow richer in mcaAiHg
geverysday.;
il it not blessed to remember the
slkist momelli' of Melancthon, The
friend of Lutherg "Do yoa not wait
Mlythiugg" asked liis loved ones
eagerly. Nothing but leaypll," lie
answered gently and went smiling on
his way.