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Then in the cemetery of his native Cleveland, James A. Garfield was laid to rest. THEN IN THE CEMETERY OF HIS NATIVE CLEVELAND JAMES A GARFIELD WAS LAID TO REST
g-room, shot him in the back. The President fell wounded, but not unconscious. In great pain, he still remembered his loved ones, and moaned, "My poor wife and children." Then he dictated a message to his wife. A struggle with death ensued, on which the whole world looked with awe. For weeks the President hovered between life and death, showing ever the same sublime spirit of cheerful patience and Christian resignation which had adorned his life. At length the end came, and on the 19th of September 1881 he fell asleep. His body was removed to Washington, where he was laid in state. On the bier a wreath of white roses rested, bearing the simple inscription--"From Queen Victoria to the memory of the late President Garfield, an expression of her sorrow, and her sympathy with Mrs. Garfield and the American nation." Through that room passed a hundred and thirty thousand persons of all ranks, to take one last look at the man whose life had been so great, and whose dying had been so glorious. WAITING ROOM SHOT HIM IN THE BACK THE PRESIDENT FELL WOUNDED BUT NOT UNCONSCIOUS IN GREAT PAIN HE STILL REMEMBERED HIS LOVED ONES AND MOANED MY POOR WIFE AND CHILDREN THEN HE DICTATED A MESSAGE TO HIS WIFE A STRUGGLE WITH DEATH ENSUED ON WHICH THE WHOLE WORLD LOOKED WITH AWE FOR WEEKS THE PRESIDENT HOVERED BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH SHOWING EVER THE SAME SUBLIME SPIRIT OF CHEERFUL PATIENCE AND CHRISTIAN RESIGNATION WHICH HAD ADORNED HIS LIFE AT LENGTH THE END CAME AND ON THE NINETEENTH OF SEPTEMBER EIGHTEEN EIGHTY ONE HE FELL ASLEEP HIS BODY WAS REMOVED TO WASHINGTON WHERE HE WAS LAID IN STATE ON THE BIER A WREATH OF WHITE ROSES RESTED BEARING THE SIMPLE INSCRIPTION FROM QUEEN VICTORIA TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE PRESIDENT GARFIELD AN EXPRESSION OF HER SORROW AND HER SYMPATHY WITH MISSUS GARFIELD AND THE AMERICAN NATION THROUGH THAT ROOM PASSED A HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND PERSONS OF ALL RANKS TO TAKE ONE LAST LOOK AT THE MAN WHOSE LIFE HAD BEEN SO GREAT AND WHOSE DYING HAD BEEN SO GLORIOUS
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