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George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
American engineer (1859-1896).
Born February 14th, 1859 in Galesburg.
Died November 22nd, 1896 at 37 years old in Pittsburgh (typhoid fever).
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon