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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Chevalier De Johnstone, Vol. 3 of 3: Translated From the Original French Ms. Of the Chevalier
Montcalm Will you permit me, Sir, before our conver sation becomes more serious, to make one re¿ection upon the difference of lot which we have experienced, comparing the one with the other. They have rendered to you the greatest honours. Your body has been transported to London with magnificence, and deposited in Westminster Abbey, among those of kings. The English nation has erected to you a superb mausoleum; and your name, dear to Englishmen, and continually in their mouths, is pronounced with the greatest praises. But as for me, what sensation has my death made! The Canadians and savages, who knew the uprightness of my soul, and my devotedness for my king and country, are the only ones who have done me justice, if you except a small number of friends who, not daring to oppose the torrent, were forced in secret to shed some tears upon my tomb.
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