LORD NELSON'S LAST WORDS.
The recent Trafalgar Day revived the old discussion in Britain whether tradition had correctly preserved Nelson’s last words. It has been suggested that it was not the famous “ Kiss me,, Kardv,” but “ Kismet, Hardy,” that fell from the lips of the dying hero. Tt has been argued that Nelson realised that fate was striking him down in the supreme hour of victory—and, after his service in the East, he might well have had an oriental phrase in his mind. A writer in the London “ Daily Chronicle” says:—“l imagine that ‘ Kiss me, Hardy,’ whether fact or fiction, will live on, and be treasured by those who agree' with G. K. Chesterton, who quotes it in one of his essays to prove that the Englishman, in liis sublime moments, is more in touch with sentiment than with mere fatalism.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18959, 4 January 1930, Page 6
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