LITTLE upon it, stroked its cover as though caressing it, opened 

 JOURNEYS it and turned the leaves. Then closing the volume and 

 holding it to his heart, he closed his eyes, and sank to 

 sleep, to awake no more. 



His body was buried with simple village honors, and 

 laid to rest beneath the floor of the Cathedral where 

 he had so long ministered, side by side with a long 

 line of priests. On the little slab that marked his rest- 

 ing-place no mention was made of the mighty work he 

 had done for truth. There were fears that when the 

 character of his book was known, the grave of Coper- 

 nicus would not remain undisturbed, and so the inscrip- 

 tion was simply this : "I ask not the grace accorded 

 to Paul ; not that given to Peter ; give me only [the favor 

 which Thou didst show to the thief on the cross." 



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