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Long etn.ee, there lived * »*a wl—(Some better things wear* aa4d o* Wra, some worse). Who made hla life a tlreleee quest to know The way and Wherefore of the universe. He wandered through solution* Intricate, And old and new philosophers he read; This one converted, but another spake. And made hi* faith apostasy instead, H!s life was girt with vain analysis. And subtle disputations held In thrall Hl» soul, that wildly dreamed to overleap The mystery Life offers to us all. But when Age left him twisted, gray and worn He felt the barren purpose of hi* quest. And longed to quits forget bis mocking doubts And live his laat, few, trembling day* at rest. But Death had watched him with a cynic's eye— And marked hla shuffling feet, his sight grow dim. And one still evening stood bsfre his chair. And smiled, half kindly, as he beckoned him. One passing through a certain field of graves May find a stone of rather ancient date. Which bears these words, thrift philosophy. Of him whoso life they thus commemmorate: "Here sleeps a man who sought to queetlofl God— Who conjured with the everlasting Why; Delved deeply Into science, creed* and schools. And learned this truth —that Man la bom to die." —W. L.. __ 1
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1987, 7 May 1906, Page 2
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