Alfred Russel Wallace 



The next day he did not get up at the usual time, but we 

 felt no anxiety until noon, when he still showed no inclina- 

 tion to rise. He appeared to be dozing, and said he wanted 

 nothing. From that time he gradually sank into semi- 

 consciousness, and at half-past nine in the morning of 

 Friday, November 7th, quietly passed on to that other life 

 in which he was such a firm believer. 



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