Telegram-herald., 1890-11-10


A last dying speech and confession ss
often pathetic aud always impressive.
saws The Lsndoo Standard Most men
NAV b credited with speaking the
truth a. least On this OCCASION We are
not aware that oat OF nction there Is
sny authens sioAted instance OF any one
diving with lie on his lips The
diving. soo. arc credited In common be-
lief With = clearer insight and fur
thsr knowledge into the past and pres
enL II not the fsture. than Is vouch-
sated 70 hale humanity. Last words
may, therefore. Do said 10 possess q
many-sided interest; and tt Is not lit
tie curious that now that We have .
literature Nh ieh dissects the faults and
foibles and habits OF great men. there
should exist no collection OF the
last words OF celebrities. Scattered
throughous biography are 70 be
found an Immense number Of ex-
amples many Of them euriously ssriS-
ing, which only awsit the industry u
the book-rnsker Of these thoughts
that breathe and words that burn"
From a shelf Of ones bookcase indeed.
one can Ind Illustrations and 70 spare.
Perhaps one OF ne noblsst Of death
bed usterances was that OF j. z Green,
whose last words were: II die learn
ing" Il Is almost worthy OF ranking
with the famous words Of General
Wolfe, who. while In the agonies OF
death. was aroused with the cries OF
They run" and eagerly asked: Who
run?' On being told The Fronch," he
exclaimed. ~ shank God and die con-
teuted- Il thank God" said the great
Nelson, 'that have done my duty, as
the guns thundered over head proclaim
ing the victory OF Trafalgar. The
scholar and the warrior thus alike look
back upon their life's work II Is not
seldom that we find soldiers proud OF
having dsne their duty, but Green's
utterancc rejects the eternal character
of the Students labors, which only end
as they began. The dying Goethe ex-
claimed: "More light" and the words
had possibly double sense, although
their first meaning undoubtedly applied
20 the waning twilight of his earthly
dav. Il IS not seldom that we have an
instance OF the ruling passion strong
In death.
God bless you" was the dying ex-
pressiOn Of Or. Johnson, who addressed
IL 20 Miss Morris, the sister Of the beau
tiful girl who sat to Reynolds for his
picture OF Hope Nursing Love-" These
were also the last words OF Wordsworth,
and OF Edrn und Burke. while Sir Walter
Scott IN bis LAST moments OF conscious
ness. invoked ,he blessings Of Heaven
upon his sons and daughters. Joy
was tAs utteranoe OF Mrs. Hannah
Moro; Happy" that o' Sir James
Macintosh. the historian. Charles
Matthews. the great actor, died with
the words II am ready" on his lips,
which remind as irresistiblJ OF Colonel
Newoomo's death. more real 20 most
people than many In real hte and OF The
noble expression Thsckeray puts int
his mouth. "Adsum." II Is difficult
and perhaps needless 70 institute com
PARSONS. but Is would be impossible
We fulayine. % hnd any n0bler words
than tbcse of General Washington. -
An aboat 70 die. and ara not afraid z
die" There Is calm beroism II
them which seems - show as that th'
great soldier had conquered the kins
Of sarrors. Wonderful, NO nderful. thil
death" that seems % indicate philo
sophlcal cslu-thoS we're the words o
Etsy. tAs painter Dying. dying,
said TAomas Hood iuss before the end
and bis b4oxrapher tells "a that be tau
expressed gratitude for coming rest
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of Charles Is Remember" and va
there no. q grim irony a. veil ss per
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prassiou Of The merry monarch. ve
spologired 20 his oourtiers tor tn
trouble he bad caused them Il hsv
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