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"I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful,

prosperous and happy, in that England which I shall see no more.

I see Her with a child upon her bosom, who bears my name. I see

her father, aged and bent, but otherwise restored, and faithful

to all men in his healing office, and at peace. I see the good

old man, so long their friend, in ten years' time enriching them

with all he has, and passing tranquilly to his reward.

"I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts

of their descendants, generations hence. I see her, an old woman,

weeping for me on the anniversary of this day. I see her and her

husband, their course done, lying side by side in their last

earthly bed, and I know that each was not more honoured and held

sacred in the other's soul, than I was in the souls of both.