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LAsT WORDS or GREAT MEN
WHEN FACING DEATH

Mr. John NJ. Moore" were Close this
eye: the other one is closed already,
and 90 farewell"
That extraordinary utterance may
serve % recall many other remarka-
he and probably better known last
sayings OF celebrated men and wo-
men. Some have passed into history.
Everyone knows the tragic word,
Remember" uttered on the scaffold
90 Whitehall by Charles l., nobler and
more kingly in death than in life.
Equally familiar are che words of his
proniEate son, Charles H., Don't let
poor Nelly starve!" and his jest to
those around his desthbed, asking
them 90 pardon him for being such a
bona time in dying
When Cromwell was near his end,
h. continually REPEATED the words,
God is good" and said. Il would be
willing 90 be further serviceable to
God. but my work is done"
when Richelieu was asked if he
forrage his enemies, he replied, q
haV- had no enemies but those of the
stafe"-a far finer utterance than
that 90 his successor, Mazarin, who,
shortly before he died, looked over all
az the rich treasures which he had
amassed. and repeated with a sigh,
n faut gutter tout celia"
sir Walter Scott said to the faith
ful LOckhart: "Lockhart, | may have
but a minute to speak with you. My
dear 10 a god man. be virtuous. be
religious. be a good man."
I.octhart asked whether he should
call the dying mans daughter.
NO" said Scott. don't disturb
them! Poor souls. I know they were
up al night. God bless you all"
eoethe's Last Words
The last words 10 fall from Goethe's
lps were. More light" words strik-
ingly appropriate to the close of a
hfe - triumph.
The last whispered words of Keats
were. 4 die of a broken heart"
81 am taking fearful leap in the
csrk." murmured the aged philoso-
pher. Hobbies. on whose tombstone
are the searching words, cut at his
Own desire. This is the philosophers
stone"
George Washington murmured, 1T
a. we'll"
Don't let the awkward squad fire
over me-" cried Burns. as he fell in
convulsions with a last gibe at the
Dumfries militia. of which corps he
Mas himself a member.
Nelron's last words in the cockpit
90 the Victory. were: Thank God; 1
have done my duty"
Thomas jefferson declared: 81 re-
sign my soul to God and my daughter
90 my country"
John Adams. on being disturbed by
the sound Of cannon. and being told
that the day was July 4th. exclaimed:
n h a great and glorious day. indie
pendence forever"
Instances of the ruling passion
strong In death are very common. It
b. said OF Dr. Arne. the Great English
compiler. that he died in the midst
90 some conversation of some mus
cular matter. trying with his last
breath 90 sing passage. the meaning
90 which he was too exhausted to eX-
plain.
The last words of Corot, the great
French painter. were: when the
spring comes I will paint a beautiful
picture. I see a sky full of roses"
With the words. he gathered his fin
gers. a. though holding a brush. made
q movement as il he were painting,
and expired.
when the famous Earl of Chester
field. who prided himself on his po-
likeness. lay at the point of death, he
said. a. the doctor entered the room:
Give nayrolles a chair"
Napoleon died at st. Helena, dress
"a for hattie. with the words. "teteI
d'armee" on his lips. winning no
doubt. some last tremendous conflict
at q greater Waterloo
Sir Jasper Newton expired while
IN the act OF winding his watch.
Haller was heard to exclaim, as he
folt his pulse. The artery ceases to
beat" and died on the instant
HAYDN fell into a stupor at his pi-
ano after singing God Save the En-
peror. while the French cannon were
hring a few yards from his house at
Sahambruni
Mozart died while his daughter was
singing 10 him his Requiem"
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