Last Words

i read this in the book, 'Man in the Mirror' by Patrick Morley.
and before i posted it, i went and did an extra check online to see if it was Napoleon's last words.

it was the topic 'How can a man change?' and the section about last words.
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the last words or late-in-life words of men are fascinating. Men's last words often betray that the positions they took and the priorities they lived by early in their lives didn't satisfy their longing for meaning and purpose. some men attain great esteem in this world - their accomplishments are significant in the eyes of men. but at the end of their lives, how many of these men rest in peace? how many of these men satisfy that deep hunger each of us has for purpose, meaning and significance?

there were some examples. but i'll just type Socrates and Napoleon's.

Socrates' last words were:
'All for the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. if only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word.'

Napoleon's last words were:
'I die before my time and my body shall be given back to the earth and devoured by worms. What an abysmal gulf between my deep miseries and the eternal Kingdom of Christ. I marvel that whereas the ambitious dreams of myself and of Alexander and of Caesar should have vanished into thin air, a Judean peasant - Jesus - should be able to stretch his hands across the centuries, and control the destinies of men and nations.'

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