Monday, July 24, 2023

Quincy, Mass. Blog #7: An Epitapth to Ponder

Today's blog brings us back to the Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy, Massachusetts (which we visited in an earlier blog) It was there we found an epitaph carved on a  small tombstone with a saying that struck us as something odd. 

An Epitapth is a phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone. The epitaph read "He Tried to Be Helpful." 

If he was helpful, it should have said "he helped everyone he could," or "known for being helpful to others." It seems odd that it says "he tried"- which indicates he didn't succeed.

What would you want on your epitaph? 

NEXT Quincy Blog: Visiting Wollaston Beach! 

 

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