. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . st completed thy seventy-fourth year, having been permittedto live longer than any of thy ancestors, as far back as 1606. Thy existencehas been without any great misfortune, and without any acute disease, andhas been one for which thou oughtest to be extremely thankful. Be so, inpraise and thanksgiving towards the Supreme Being, and by preparingthyself to employ the remnant of thy life wisely and discreetly. Thy nextstep will probably be the last. Strive not to delay the
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . st completed thy seventy-fourth year, having been permittedto live longer than any of thy ancestors, as far back as 1606. Thy existencehas been without any great misfortune, and without any acute disease, andhas been one for which thou oughtest to be extremely thankful. Be so, inpraise and thanksgiving towards the Supreme Being, and by preparingthyself to employ the remnant of thy life wisely and discreetly. Thy nextstep will probably be the last. Strive not to delay the period of its arrival,nor lament at its near approach. Thou art too exhausted in body and mindto be of service to thy country, thy friends, or thy family. Thou art fortunatein leaving thy children well and happy; be content to join thy parent earthcalmly and with becoming resignation. Such is thy imperious duty. Vale! He died on the 20th November 1820, and was entombed in the northtransept of Salisbury Cathedral. Authority: Anecdotes of the Harris Family by the Earl of Malmesbury in The Ancestor,No. I, April 1902. 167. No. 78 The Death of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of theFrench. Born 1769. Died 1821. IN the last year of his life the Emperor, who for four years had takenlittle or no exercise, altered extremely in appearance, becoming paleand feeble; and his health deteriorated rapidly. He had always been inthe habit of taking baths; he now took them more frequently and stayedlonger in them. He sometimes rode out, but was so weak that he had toreturn in the carriage. The symptoms of his disease (cancer of the stomach)multiplied; but in spite of feebleness he faced death with courage. He feltthat his end was approaching and he frequently recited the passage fromZaire which finishes with the line: A revoir Paris je ne dois plus times, however, sad regrets and recollections of what he had done, com-pared with what he might have done, presented themselves; but he spoke
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