Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II)

Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II)

It is a strange thing to begin a Log when the voyage is nigh ended! A voyage without chart or compass has it been: and now is land in sightthe land of the weary and heart-tired! Here am I, at the Htel des Princes, en route for Italy, whither my doctors have sentenced me! What a sad record would be preserved to the world if travellers were but to fill up, with good faith, the police formula at each stage of the journey, which asks, the object of the tour! How terribly often should we read the two short wordsTo Die. With what sorrowful interest would one gaze at the letters formed by a trembling hand; and yet how many would have to write them! Truly, the old Italian adage, Vedere Napole es poi morire has gained a new signification; and, unhappily, a far more real one. This same practice of physicians, of sending their patients to linger out the last hours of life in a foreign land, is, to my thinking, by no means so reprehensible as the generality of people make out. It is a theme, however, on which so many commonplaces can be strung, that common-place people, who, above all others, love their own eloquence, never weary of it. Away from his childrenfrom his favourite hauntsfrom the doctors that understood his casefrom his comfortable housefrom the family apothecary,such are the changes they ring; and if dying were to be done often, there would be much reason in all this. But it is not so; this same change occurs but once, and its approach brings with it a new train of thoughts and feelings from all that we have ever felt before. In that twilight hour of life, objects that have escaped our vision in the blaze of noon-day become clear and distinct; and, even to the least reflecting of minds, an increased power of perception and judgment is accordedthe viaticum for the coming journey! ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 33216
Author: Lever, Charles James
Release Date: Jul 21, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English