The man 'of brilliant wit, with a genius for inversions (Oscar Wilde), who died the other day in Paris, was not forsaken by this ruling readiness, still strong in death. He was told that he must have an operation. He could not afford the fee, he said at first. The point was pressed by the surgeon. /Very well,” said the patient, with a flash from the ashes of his old spirits, T must die beyond my means.” And be -did.
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New Zealand Mail, 21 February 1901, Page 18
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