=Goethe= (1749-1832), German poet: "Open the shutters and let in more light." =Greeley, Horace= (1811-1872), American journalist: "It is done." =Hale, Nathan= (1755-1776), American patriot: "I only regret that I have but one life to give to my country." =Havelock, Henry= (1795-1857), English general: "Tell my son to come and see how a Christian can die." =Henry, Patrick= (1736-1810), American orator and patriot: "Here is a book (the Bible) worth more than all others ever printed; yet it is my misfortune never to have found time to read it. It is now too late. I trust in the mercy of God." =Holmes, Oliver Wendell= (1809-1894), American poet and prose-writer: "That is better, thank you." (To his son, who had just assisted him to his favorite chair.) =Humboldt, Friedrich von= (1769-1859), German savant: "How grand these rays! They seem to beckon earth to heaven." =Jefferson, Thomas= (1743-1826), American statesman: "I resign my spirit to God and my daughter to my country." =Julian= (331-363), Roman emperor: "O Galilean, Thou hast conquered!" =Keats, John= (1795-1821), English poet: "I feel the daisies growing over me." =Latimer, Hugh= (1485-1555), English reformer: "Be of good cheer, brother; we shall this day kindle such a torch in England as I trust shall never be extinguished." (To Nicholas Ridley, who was burned with him.) =Lawrence, James= (1781-1813), American naval officer: "Don't give up the ship." =Louis XIII= of France (1601-1643): "There come to me thoughts that torment me." =Louis XIV= of France (1638-1715): "I thought dying had been harder." =Louis XVIII= of France (1755-1824): "A king should die standing." =McKinley, William= (1843-1901), American statesman and President: "Good-by. All good-by. It is God's way. His will be done." =Moody, Dwight L.= (1837-1899), American evangelist: "Earth is receding; heaven is approaching; God is calling me." =Napoleon= (1769-1821), Emperor of France: "Head of the army." =Napoleon III= of France (1803-1873): "Were you at Sedan?" (To Dr. Conneau.) =Nelson, Horatio= (1758-1805), English admiral: "I thank God I have done my duty." =Palmer, John= (1740-1798), English actor: "There is another and better world." =Pitt, William= (1759-1806), English statesman: "Oh, my country, how I love thee!" =Raleigh, Sir Walter= (1552-1618), English courtier and navigator: "Why dost thou not strike? Strike, man!" (To his executioner.) =Scott, Sir Walter= (1771-1832), Scotch poet and novelist: "I feel as if I were to be myself again. God bless you all." =Scott, Winfield= (1786-1866), American general: "James, take good care of the horse." =Sidney, Sir Philip= (1622-1683), English patriot: "I would not change my joy for the empire of the world."