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afraid that it might contain 
poison, he sent a portion of 
the gift to some friends, and 
the following day called to 
inquire for their health. Like 
many timorous people he 
lived in constant terror of be¬ 
ing buried alive. It is told 
that when spending the night 
in places where he was not 
known, before retiring he 
carefully pinned a card to 
his night-shirt on which was 
written, “I am not really 
dead.” Many are the stories 
and incidents told about his 
curious personality, hut in spite of the fame and position which the 
years brought him, he retained to the end the innocent soul of a child. 
He died in the summer of 1875, in the home of good friends, hut 
still pathetically alone. 
Andersen's Last Home Where His Death Took 
Place, the Country House Rolighed Belonging 
to Moritz G. Melchior 
Andersen at Frijsenborg 
