Last Words: A Dictionary of Deathbed Quotations
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The last words of the dying often provide insight into their feelings about life. Some are peaceful (It is very beautiful over there--Thomas Alva Edison); many are spiritual (Dont ask the Lord to keep me here. Ask him to have mercy--Walker Percy); others are angry (God-damn the whole frigging world and everybody in it--except you Carlotta--W.C. Fields); still others reflect the weary fight against death (Im bored of it all--Sir Winston Churchill). Nearly 2,000 deathbed quotations from saints, popes, statesmen, scientists, soldiers, musicians, athletes, artists, entertainers, writers, criminals and others are included in this ref
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Manufacturer: Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub
Release date: 1 June 1995
ISBN-10 : 0786400439 | ISBN-13: 9780786400430
Release date: 1 June 1995
ISBN-10 : 0786400439 | ISBN-13: 9780786400430
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