_Tempus edax rerum._--Time that devours all things.
_Principiis obsta._--Resist the first beginnings.
_Vitiis nemo sine nascitur._--No man without his faults.
_Spero meliora._--I hope for better things.
TOM and JERRY were both considerably affected at the kindness displayed towards them by the _Oxonian_; and had it been at any other time, the singularity of the above _Testament_ would have produced much laughter between them; at all events, it convinced them that LOGIC still preserved his _character_ for ORIGINALITY. Three proper witnesses, disinterested persons, belonging to the house, were instantly called in to sign it, when the Testament, in the eye of the law, became a valid document. “My dear JERRY,” said LOGIC, “as we must soon part, I had intended to offer a few remarks for your consideration; but, finding that my strength will not second my intentions, I shall be very concise on the matter: you must perceive that the _comical_ part of my career is at an end, and you are well aware that I always was a merry fellow; but, as _Mercutio_ says, I shall be found a _grave_ man to-morrow. Endeavour, then, “To do unto all men, as you would they should do unto you,” and you will not be a great way off the right path to happiness. I feel myself very faint; my breath getting short; and having settled everything to my satisfaction, have the kindness to assist me into bed, that I may die like a Christian--contented, and in peace with all mankind! Tom, give me your hand; JERRY, yours likewise--I grasp them both with sincerity!” Then looking them full in the face; with a placid smile on his countenance, his last words were--“God bless you!” His lip fell; his eyes lost their brilliancy; and the once-merry, lively, facetious, friendly LOGIC, was now numbered with the dead!
For several days, our heroes were absorbed in grief, at the sudden loss of their much-admired and valued friend; and CORINTHIAN HOUSE, for a long time after the decease of the _Oxonian_, was dull in the extreme. The funeral of LOGIC, under the direction of TOM, was of the most splendid description; and a handsome monument was also erected by his order, bearing the following inscription:--
This Tablet Was erected in remembrance of