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To: DoNotDivide

When Voltaire died, his doctor said he would never again attend the death of a non believer. It was not a pretty site. Cursing, and screaming--

"In his last illness he sent for Dr. Tronchin. When the Doctor came, he found Voltaire in the greatest agony, exclaiming with the utmost horror -- "I am abandoned by God and man." He then said, "Doctor, I will give you half of what I am worth, if you will give me six months' life." The doctor answered, "Sir, you cannot live six weeks." Voltaire replied, "Then I shall go to hell, and you will go with me!" and soon after expired."


221 posted on 01/23/2006 8:23:58 PM PST by warpcorebreach
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To: warpcorebreach

Christians never seem to tire of making up or repeating lies about what Voltaire said on his death bed. Y'all are a truly despicable bunch, to libel the dead.


226 posted on 01/23/2006 8:30:14 PM PST by Right Wing Professor
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To: warpcorebreach

I've never heard a dying man call out to Darwin while in the clutches of death; nor Buddha, Mohammed, Brahma, Vishnu, Lucifer or Shiva.


231 posted on 01/23/2006 8:34:04 PM PST by DoNotDivide (Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.)
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To: warpcorebreach
"This is no time to make new enemies." - Voltaire, when asked on his deathbed to forswear Satan

"Dear me, I believe I am becoming a god. An emperor ought at least to die on his feet." Vespasian (9-79 AD), Roman emperor

"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do." Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), British dramatist. As he lay dying in Paris.

General Sedgwick at the Battle of Spottiswood: 'They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...'

Socrates: “Crito, we owe a cock to Aesculapios.”

«Ne touchez pas a la verdure.» - George Sand

Others

241 posted on 01/23/2006 8:39:58 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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