Death is the universal salt of states;
Blood is the base of all things--law and war.

Death is the universal salt of states;
Blood is the base of all things--law and war.

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before,
Advanced a stage or two upon that road
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Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before,
Advanced a stage or two upon that road
Which you must travel in the steps they trod.

Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it.

Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it.

God is becoming bitter, he envies man his mortality.

God is becoming bitter, he envies man his mortality.

Tis after death that we measure men.

Tis after death that we measure men.

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another read more

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.

At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.

Now comes the mystery.

Now comes the mystery.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.