[16] It was a don of this type who was reported to have written, in a letter of condolence to the father of an undergraduate who had been drowned in Sandford Lasher: "As your son had unfortunately failed to satisfy the examiners in Responsions, he would have had to go down in any case!" Poor Father Maturin! his love of a joke and other good qualities were extinguished (in this life) by the sinking of _Lusitania_ eleven months later. [17] My friend did print it in his paper, adding, "To read this makes one hungry for Highland air and Highland fare." {267} Appendix I. PAGE 86. NOVISSIMA VERBA (LAST WORDS OF FORTY FAMOUS MEN) Adam, Alexander (the famous schoolmaster) ... "It grows dark, boys: you may go." Addison, Joseph ... "See how a Christian can die!" Albert Prince Consort ... "Liebes gutes Frauchen!" Augustus (Emperor) ... "Plaudite!" Bede (The Venerable) ... "Consummatum est." Bossuet, Benigne ... "Fiat Voluntas Tua!" Brontë, Charlotte (to her husband) ... "I am not going to die, am I? He will not separate us, we have been so happy." Byron (Lord) ... "I think I will go to sleep." Charles II. (King) ... "Don't let poor Nellie starve." Charles V. (Emperor) ... "Ay, Jesus!" Chesterfield (Lord) ... "Give Dayrolles a chair." Cicero ... "Causa causarum, miserere mei!" Darwin, Charles B. ... "I am not in the least afraid to die." Devonshire (8th Duke of) ... "Well, the game is over, and I am not sorry." Disraeli, Benjamin ... "I am overwhelmed!" "Eliot, George" ... "Tell the doctors that I have great pain in the left side." Etty, William (painter) ... "Wonderful--wonderful! this death." Frederick the Great ... "La montagne est passée; nous irons mieux." {268} George IV. (King) ... "Watty, what is this? It is death, my boy: they have deceived me." Gladstone, W. E. ... "Prions--commençons--Our Father." Goethe, W. von ... "Draw back the curtains, and let in more light." Goldsmith, Oliver (to the question, "Is your mind at ease?" in a melancholy voice) ... "No, it is not." Haydn, Joseph ... "God preserve the Emperor!" Hood, Thomas (in a tone of relief) ... "Dying--dying." Humboldt, A. von ... "Wie herrlich diese Strahlen! sie schienen die Erde zum Himmel zu rufen." Jerrold, Douglas, asked how he felt, said "he felt like one who was waiting and was waited for." Johnson, Samuel ... "God bless you!" Keats, John ... "I feel the flowers growing over me." Knox, John ... "about 11 of the clock gave a deep sigh, exclaimed, 'Now it is come,' and presently expired." Lacordaire, Henri ... "Mon Dieu! mon Dieu! ouvrez-moi, ouvrez-moi." Mackintosh, Sir James ... "Happy!" Mary Queen of Scots ... "In Te, Domine, speravi." Mathews, Charles ... "I am ready." Mezzofanti (Cardinal) ... "Andiamo, andiamo presto in Paradiso!" Mirabeau, Victor ... "Let me die to the sounds of delicious music." Napoleon Bonaparte ... "Tête d'armée."