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   “John Newton's tombstone reads, "John Newton, Clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long” | | |  Add to Chapter... | |
 “RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by the prosecuting attorney. Any break in the continuity of a disagreeable expectation.
Altgeld upon his incandescend bed Lay, an attendant demon at his head.
"O cruel cook, pray grant me some relief -- Some respite from the roast, however brief."
"Remember how on earth I pardoned all Your friends in Illinois when held in thrall."
"Unhappy soul! for that alone you squirm O'er fire unquenched, a never-dying worm.
"Yet, for I pity your uneasy state, Your doom I'll mollify and pains abate.
"Naught, for a season, shall your comfort mar, Not even the memory of who you are."
Throughout eternal space dread silence fell; Heaven trembled as Compassion entered Hell.
"As long, sweet demon, let my respite be As, governing down here, I'd respite thee."
"As long, poor soul, as any of the pack You thrust from jail consumed in getting back."
A genial chill affected Altgeld's hide While they were turning him on t'other side. --Joel Spate Woop” |  Ambrose Bierce quotes (American Writer, Journalist and Editor, 1842-1914)
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