Statesmen . ilent watchesof the night upon the light that showed the flagof his country waving from the masthead of alittle shallop moored by the shore. 68 STATESMEN True to his dignified habits of thought and or-atorical expression, even in those last hours hegathered his family and friends about him anddiscoursed of his relations to his God, of his loveand affection to his family, and of the immortal-ity of the soul. After a moment of silence, heroused himself and looking eagerly around asked : Have I—wife, son, doctor, friends, are you allhere ?—have I on this occasion said anything un-wort
Statesmen . ilent watchesof the night upon the light that showed the flagof his country waving from the masthead of alittle shallop moored by the shore. 68 STATESMEN True to his dignified habits of thought and or-atorical expression, even in those last hours hegathered his family and friends about him anddiscoursed of his relations to his God, of his loveand affection to his family, and of the immortal-ity of the soul. After a moment of silence, heroused himself and looking eagerly around asked : Have I—wife, son, doctor, friends, are you allhere ?—have I on this occasion said anything un-worthy of Daniel Webster? Dramatic and dig-nified to the last, he said but little more. Pastmidnight, when it was supposed he would neverspeak again, he roused himself with the memor-able words, I still live. From this he sank byslow degrees, and when the bright autumnalSunday morning of October 24, 1852, dawnedgoldenly upon the shore, the bells of Marsh-field told to listening ears that a great man
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