The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-05-28
MORAL COURAGE.


stances of men and women who
have faced suffering, privation and
death with a calmness and courage
that inspired those about them.
In New York last week occurred
another that has moved the hearts
of many. Last week, DR.. William
Marsh dressed wound of favorite
dog and in some manner contract
ed rabies. On Sunday, after ex-
animation at the Pasteur Institute
he was told that he must die be-
fore Thursday noon. The rest of
the story is told in a press dis
patch:
/ You will die before Thursday
noon. No human power can save
you."
That was the dictum of DR..
William L. Wheeler, of the Pas
teur Institute, delivered last Mon
day. 1t struck DR.. Marsh like
blow between the eyes, but he
stood up to it man fashion.
Il have seen some pitiful sights,
but never have been so moved
as l was by the clam courage, the
splendid heroism of Dr.. Marsh,
when told him there was no
hopes for him, said Dr.. Wheeler.
Returning with his physician,
Dr.. H. NJ. Culiman, to his home.
IN Ocean avenue, Brooklyn, DR..
Marsh at once began to make plans
for the future of those near and
dear to him. Himself graduate
in medicine, he knew science had
said its last word:
81 am not afraid to die, the past
hides nothing that should make
ME ashamed to face the future, "
he said to his friends who called
when the word went forth that one
about to die was waiting for the
end. His only fear was that the
trlghtfui commissions of the fual
stage of rabies might prove too
narrowing for his family to wit.
ness, the terrifying cries too heart
rending for them the hear. So he
asked DR.. Culiman to keep close
when the period of delirium began
and be liberal with choloroform,
opium or whatever might avail to
Supply and sooth.
Faithful to his trust, Dr.. Gull
man hardly left the bedside of his
patient and friend until the end.
From early Tuesday afternoon I'M
til he died, DR., Marsh was in a
state of almost complete uncon-
sciousness, induced by sedatives.
Death came gently and peacefully.
None OF those who sat i'll confer
enCe with DR.. Marsh until nearly
midnight Monday would speak to-
night of the occurrences in detail.
1t was in the library Of his home
that he gathered them together
his wife, his sons and daughters,
his son-in-laW and his LAWYER.
There was the will to be drawn
up, and, that done and the distri-
button Of his personal property ar
ranged for, he turned his attention
to the future of his children.
Stock IN the Standard Water
Meter Company, the profitable bus
mess that DR.. Marsh established
for the manufacture of his own in
vention, is held entirely by the
members of the family.
Still in full possession of his
faculties the only symptoms of his
fatal disease being the convulsive
contractionS of the throat that
seized him from time to time, DR..
Marsh directed and the rest con-
sented that his second son, Ramsay,
who has been associated with him
in business, should undertake the
management of the company as its
head. There were other things
talked over, too, but of their de-
tails none would speak tonight.
1t is safe to say, however, that of
all the occupants of the house DR..
Marsh himself was the only one
who slept that night.
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