The Washington times., 1921-12-05

When Men Die.
Their Last Words.
Character Revealed.
What Will You Say?
y ARTHUR BRISBANE
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by ARTHUR BRIsBANEI'
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sAll the worlds q stage,
And all the men and women mere
ly players;
They have their exits and their
entrances;
And one man in his time plays
many parts"
II there is any child over twelve
IN your house that does not know
the rest Of that. 20 to the book
store and buy complete edition
OF Shakespeare. It need not cost
much.
A house without Shakespeare,
the Bible. q good dictionary. and
. Rood encyclopedias Is like q ma
chine shop without tools. or.
worse. Ike q restaurant without
food.
All men and women ''h&ve
their exits and their entrances"
They all enter the world cry
ing. RaspinR for breath.
They all leave gaspinR for
breath. A majority. great and
small. say nothing as they 20;
their race is done and they are
tired. A few. at their exit. say
something worth repeating.
Men are stimulated by the last
words Of q powerful man. It
makes them wish that THEY
might live in such q way as TO
make their dying words worth
while.
No thinking man reads un-
moved what the intellectual giant,
Newton, said. near the close of
ais life:
81 do not know what may
appear to the world; but to my
self seem to have been only
like 4 boy playing on the sea-
shore, and diverting myself in
how or then finding q smoother
pebble or q prettier shell than or.
binary, whilst the great ocean Of
truth lay all undiscovered before
me-"
He had invented the mathemat-
zeal shorthand called "Differen-
tial Calculus" had formulated the
law of Rravitation, and will stand.
while mans memory lasts, among
the giants Of time.
He was great because he knew
how LITTLE he knew. Tell that
30 your ambitious son.
Many men smaller than New
ton revel in their own importance
to the last.
Marshal Ney, who fought for
Napoleon, then betrayed those for
whom he had AGREED to bstray
Napoleon, said. before his des-
perate charge at the battle Of
Waterloo was ending: H7}
~Come and see how q marshal
of France can die"
Addison. the poet. sent for his
wicked, wild. young stepson. Lord
Warwick:
81 have sent for You that you
may see how q Christian can de-"
A plucky Frenchman in the
revolution, member Of the cham
ber, was told by workmen whom
he asked to help build barbados:
"We won't risk our lives to
help you keep your twenty-fiv
francs q day" (the amount Of HE
salary). He replied: II Will
show you how q man can die for
twenty-five francs q day.
Murat. another marshal, son OF
) an innkeeper, whom Napoleon
pushed ahead. giving him his sis
Ter In marriage and making him
King of Naples was according
TO Napoleon. the best cavalry Of
ficer in Europe. and. according to
many young women. the best
looking man. When he faced the
firing squad he said:
"Save my face; aim at my
heart"
Lord Chesterfield. who was In
ooliteness what Brummell was in
dress. said as he died:
"Give Dsyrolles a chair" Po-
lite to the last.
According to Boswell's John
son." Chesterfield said OF him
SeH and Lord Tyrawley. when
both were old. what many. no
LONGER useful. might say:
"Tyrawley and l have both been
dead these two years. but we
don't choose to have 1t known"
Samuel Johnson. often bitter IN
life, was gentle enough at the
end: --.
"God bless you, my dear" were
his last words to the young
daughter of a friend. =.
DR.. Wolcott's last words. to his
doctor, who asked what he could
Ho for him, were:
"Give me back my youth.
Few men. If wise. would say
that. He who has gone through
life and is going out with a
fairly good record should be
r~~,taf,l rot ask the risk Of go