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Show SHOW LITTLE FEAR OF DEATH. Surgeons Declare Few Realize Dissolution Disso-lution Is at Hand. "I have seen over 500 deaths," said a hospital surgeon, "and my observations observa-tions convince mo that we all die fearlessly, quite Ignorant of the fact that wo aro going." "In tho novels the dying persons say: 'Good-by,' 'Keep my gravo green,' and so on. In real life he says: 'GIvo me a glass of water,' or 'Is It tlmo for my medicine again?' "A dying woman heard mo say: 'It will soon bo over.' She frowned at mo and said: 'I'll bo better in a minute.' min-ute.' They were her last words. "A dying youth looked at his people, weeping about his bed (an inhuman piece of business, by tho way, such weeping Is), and ho said: 'What aro you crying for? I am going to get well.' His last words. "A consumptive said about a mlnuto beforo ho expired: 'This is the only one of my bnd spells that hasn't mndo mo afraid I am going to die.' "Wo die In ignorance, in a blessed and merciful Ignorance, Mid thero should bo no weeping about tho beds of tho dying to shatter their Ignor-anco, Ignor-anco, and fill them, maybe, with grief and horror. "The last kindness we can offer our beloved Is to bo calm and cheerful In their presence when they leave us." |