South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-19
WASHINGTON IN
MOURNING OYER
DEATH OF LANE
Messages of Coincidence Sent
by Pres't Harding and
Woodrow Wilson.

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chair and ate ny first mouthful of
solid food. But four days ago
managed 10 shave myself and 1 am
regarded as pretty spry.
II have seen death come TO men
in various ways. some rather novel.
/ once saw a man hanged. And
have seen several men shot, and
came very near going out that way
myself two or three times. but always
the other fellow aimed poorly.
was being shot at because I was a
newspaperman, and I should have
been shot at There must be pub
lie concern in what Is printed as
well as it's truth. 10 justify it. That
IS something that newspapers should
get to know in this country. After
the earthquake in San Francisco
saw walls tOpple out upon a man.
And 1 have had more intimate
glimpses still Of the picturesque and
OF the proaic ways by which men
come 10 their taking off.
Enters Death Valley.
But never before have I been
called upon to deliberately walk
into the valley OF the shadow. and.
say what you will. it is a great act.
I have said during the past months
Of endless examination that a man
with little curiosity and little humor
and a little money. who was not in
too great pain, could enjoy himself
studying the ways Of doctors and
nurses as he journeyed the invalid s
path. II was. indeed, made a flowery
path for me. as much as any path
could be I'm which a man suffered
more humiliation and distress and
thwarting and Illustration, on the
whole. than he did pain.
Il ~ here was a path the end Of
which 1 could not see. / was not
compelled TO take It. Ny very latest
doctor advised me against taking it.
1 could live some time without TAX
ing It. 1t was a bet on the high
card with a chance to win. anr
took IT,"
Preparations for Operation.
At this point occur details regard
ing the preparations for the oper-
alton. with a note OF the fact that
general anaesthetic could not be
applied on account Of patients
heart, which had been cutting up
some didoes." The statement con-
tinues:
For two days I had knowledge
that this operation was to take
place at this time and my nerves
had not been just as good as they
should have been. Those men who
sleep Il hours perfectly before be-
ing electrocuted have evidently led
more tranquil lives than 1 have, or
have less concern as TO the future.
An, now 1 was to know the great
secret! For 40 years 1 had been
wondering, wondering. often L had
said 10 myself that l should summon
10 my mind when this moment came
some words that would be somewhat
of a synthesis of my philosophy.
Socrates said to those who stood
by after he had drunk the hemlock:
No evil can befaH a good man
whether he be alive or dead. l
don't know how far from that we
nav 5o4S Al IAlSSS -ffVv yea ,.
THE apothegm, however, was not
opposite to me. because il involved
a declaration that / was a good man
and I don't know any one who has
the right to so appreciate himself.
And l had come to- the conclusion
that perhaps the best statement of
my creed could be fitted into the
words I accept which to me meant
that if in the law Of nature my in
dividual spirit was to go back into
the great ocean Of spirits my one
duty was to conform. Lead kindly
light was all the gospel I had.
accepted"