I am a curious fellow and may get all right again." But he looked the fact of death in the face with the same courage and determination that he faced Judge North many years ago. A few hours before he died he said calmly to those around him, "I am dying." And when the end came his head dropped back on the pillow, and with a quiet sigh, as of one falling to sleep, he passed away. Publications Foote, George William (1879). Secularism, The True Philosophy of Life: An Exposition and a Defence. Reprint, London: GW Foote & Co., 2016. Foote, George William (1885). The Jewish Life of Christ. London: Progressive Publishing Co. Foote, George William (1889). Secularism and Theosophy: A Rejoinder to Mrs. Besant's Pamphlet. London: Progressive Publishing Co. Foote, George William (1889). The New Cagliostro: An Open Letter to Madame Blavatsky. London: Progressive Publishing Co. Notes References Further reading McGee, John Edwin (1948). A History of the British Secular Movement. Haldeman-Julius Publications. Herrick, Jim (1982). Vision and Realism: A Hundred Years of The Freethinker. London: GW Foote & Co. Marsh, Joss (1998). Word crimes: Blasphemy, Culture, and Literature in Nineteenth-Century England. University of Chicago Press. External links More works by G. W. Foote at The Freethought Archives The Freethinker 1850 births 1915 deaths 19th-century atheists 19th-century English male writers 20th-century atheists Anti-vivisectionists British atheism activists British secularists Critics of Theosophy English activists English atheist writers English atheists English editors English male non-fiction writers English non-fiction writers English prisoners and detainees English republicans English sceptics Freethought writers People convicted of blasphemy Writers from Plymouth, Devon