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On 30 June 1882, the day of the execution of Guiteau for the assassination of President James Garfield, Guiteau announced, after famously dancing his way to the gallows, that he would read a poem that he had written. Guiteau said that he had written the poem, entitled "I Am Going to the Lordy", at about 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time that day ...
A man has been condemned to death by the guillotine in 19th-century France. In Bicêtre , the sentenced man writes down his thoughts, feelings and fears while awaiting his execution. His writing traces his change in psyche vis-a-vis the world outside the prison cell throughout his imprisonment, and describes his life in prison, everything from ...
Execution of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (etching by . "There are six guineas for you, and [11]: 147 do not hack me as you did my Lord Russell. [11]: 147 [70] I have heard that you struck him three or four times. My servant will give you more gold if you do your work well." [11]: 147
A 64-year-old man was hanged for drug offenses this week ... is plastered with motivational quotes from luminaries such as Steve Jobs and Nelson Mandela. ... awaiting execution.
Marion Bowman Jr. is a grandfather, a poet and a death row inmate. Prison officials in South Carolina plan to execute Bowman by lethal injection on Friday for the murder of 21-year-old Kandee ...
Inspirational Quotes About Success "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." — Charles R. Swindoll “Change your thoughts, and you change your world.”—
Remarks After the Hanging of John Brown was a speech given by Henry David Thoreau on December 2, 1859, the day of John Brown's execution. Thoreau gave a few brief remarks of his own, read poetry by Sir Walter Raleigh ("The Soul's Errand"), William Collins ("How Sleep the Brave"), Friedrich Schiller (excerpts from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's translation of "The Death of Wallenstein"), William ...
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