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Reputation is in itself only a farthing candle, of a wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit. James Russell Lowell		Tuesday Oct 13, 2026
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In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying, 'General, I fear the angels are waiting for you.' Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Welllet 'em wait. Ethan Allen

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	Ethan Allen
	Ethan Allen (January 10, 1738 - February 12, 1789) was an early American revolutionary and guerrilla leader during the era of the Vermont Republic and the New Hampshire Grants. He fought against the settlement of Vermont by the Province of New York, and then for its independence in the American Revolutionary War. Read More

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Reason the Only Oracle of Man

The mortal remains of Ethan Allen, fighter, writer, statesman, and philosopher, lie in this cemetery beneath the marble statue. His spirit is in Vermont now.

In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying, 'General, I fear the angels are waiting for you.' Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Welllet 'em wait.

For mankind to hate truth as it may bring their evil deeds to light and punishment, is very easy and common, but to hate truth as truth, or God as God, which is the same as to hate goodness for its own sake, unconnected with any other consequences, is impossible even to a (premised) diabolical nature itself .

Captain Delaplace, Commandant at Fort Ticonderoga, New York, on May 10, 1775, gazed at Allen in bewildered astonishment. 'By whose authority do you act?' exclaimed he. 'In the name of the great Jehovah, and the Continental Congress!' replied Allen.