thly
vanities crowd out of the chamber that is marked as the vestibule of his
tomb, the language he speaks is that of the man himself--one who realizes
that he is nearer eternal truth than human pretense. For this reason the
last words he speaks on earth are more significant of his true character
than any he has spoken before. No better proof of this fact may be adduced
than is to be found in the following collection of sentences uttered by
dying men:

=Adams, John= (1735-1826), American statesman: "Jefferson
survives."

=Adams, John Quincy= (1767-1848), American statesman: "This
is the last of earth! I am content!"

=Beethoven, Ludwig van= (1770-1827), German composer: "I
shall hear now!" (He was deaf.)

=Bozzaris, Markos= (1790-1823), Greek patriot: "To die for
liberty is a pleasure and not a pain."

=Brooks, Phillips= (1835-1893), American clergyman: "I am
going home."

=Byron, Lord= (1788-1824), English poet: "I must sleep now."

=Charles I= of England (1600-1649): "Remember."

=Charles II= of England (1630-1685): "Don't let poor Nelly
(Nell Gwynne) starve."

=Chesterfield, Lord= (1694-1773), English courtier: "Give
the doctor a chair."

=Columbus, Christopher= (1440-1506), Italian navigator:
"Lord, into Thy hands I commit my spirit."

=Cowper, William= (1731-1800), English poet: "Feel? I feel
unutterable, unutterable despair. What does it signify?"

=Cromwell, Oliver= (1599-1658), English statesman: "My
desire is to make what haste I may to be gone."

=Franklin, Benjamin= (1706-1790), American philosopher: "A
dying man can do nothing easy."

=Frederick the Great= of Prussia (1712-1786): "We are over
the hill. We shall go better now."

=Gilbert, Sir Humphrey= (1539-1583), English navigator: "We
are as near heaven by sea as by land."

=Gladstone, William Ewart= (1809-1898), British statesman:
"Amen."

=Goethe= (1749-1832), German poet: "Open the shutters and
let in more light."

=Greeley, Horace= (1811-1872), American journalist: "It is
done."

=Hale, Nathan= (1755-1776), American patriot: "I only regret
that I have but one life to give to my country."

=Havelock, Henry= (1795-1857), English general: "Tell my son
to come and see how a Christian can die."

=Henry, Patrick= (1736-1810), American orator and patriot:
"Here is a book