He swore them to secrecy, insisting that the element of surprise was critical. He confided his plan to two of his most trusted generals-those he considered essential to the enterprise-José Antonio Páez and Francisco de Paula Santander. Only a fool would attempt that journey when rivers became seas, valleys disappeared under lakes, and the Andes grew slick with ice, impassable. If the Spaniards had thought Bolívar would try to fulfill his promise, they certainly did not think he would do it now. But time was slipping away the rainy season was beginning and the skies were issuing a steady drizzle, miring the plains in mud. He had said as much in a promise to the New Granadans published months before. IT WAS NO SECRET that Bolívar wanted to take his war to the rest of South America. Thomas Edison: “It’s very beautiful over there.Glory Over the Mountains: Simón Bolívar Liberates Venezuela Close Sufi: “The poor Sufi dressed in rags walked into a jewelry store owned by a rich merchant and asked him, “Do you know how you’re going to die.” And the Sufi said, “I do.”Īnd the Sufi lay down, crossed his arms, said, “Like this,” and died, whereupon the merchant promptly gave up his store to live a life of poverty in pursuit of the kind of spiritual wealth the dead Sufi had acquired.” –Ģ1. Meriwether Lewis: “I am not a coward, but I am so strong. James Dean: “They’ve got to see us.” –ġ9. Eugene O’Neill: “Born in a hotel room, and-God damn it-died in a hotel room.” –ġ7. Dylan Thomas: “I’ve had eighteen straight whiskeys. Henry Ward Breecher: “Now comes the mystery.”-ġ5. Edgar Allen Poe: “Lord help my poor soul.” – ġ4. General Sedgwick: “They couldn’t hit an elephant from this dis-“ – ġ3. Che Guevara: “Captured by the Bolivian army, Guevara said, “Shoot, coward. “I want to go, too! I want to go, too!” and with his last measure of strength, McKinley turned to her and spoke his last words: “We are all going.” – ġ1. William McKinley: “He lived for several days after he was shot, and toward the end, his wife started crying and screaming. General Albert Sidney Johnston: “when asked if he was injured, answered, “Yes, and I fear seriously.” – Ĩ. And all sarcastic, Fillmore said, “The nourishment is palatable.” – ħ. Fillmore wouldn’t shut up about wanting to eat, though, so finally the doctor gave him a tiny teaspoon of soup. But his doctor was trying to starve his fever or whatever. Millard Fillmore: “When Fillmore was dying, he was super hungry.

Leo Tolstoy: “The truth is…I care a great deal…what they…” – Ħ. “How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!” –ĥ. President, you can’t say Dallas doesn’t love you,’ and then he said, ‘That’s obvious,’ and then he got shot.” –Ĥ. Henrik Ibsen: “He’d been sick for awile and his nurse said to him, ‘You seem to be feeling better this morning,’ and Ibsen looked at her and said, ‘On the contrary,’ and then he died.” –ģ. Francois Rabelais: “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” –Ģ. It is organized by page number according to my paperback copy!ġ. I thought it would be cool if I compiled all the last words from the novel into a list! Anyone who has read John Green’s Looking for Alaska knows that last words play a major roll.

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