The article presents an epitaph for Francis Neilson (1867-1961), a writer, pacifist and social reformer who was born on January 26, 1867 and died in his sleep on the evening of April 12, 1961. Neilson saw the whole course of German empire. Neilson witnessed the transformation of Russia from a feudal to a modern State, and watched the rise of the Red Star over Asia. With great empires in collision, misery, poverty, exile, disease--and horrible brutal death--afflicted tens of millions of people. Of all these developments Neilson was no mere onlooker. He was not satisfied just to observe the course of history and to record it. As a critic he was ever in the thick of things. Beginning with the Boer War, he exposed the machinations of the imperialists whenever he could. As a member of Parliament he fought the trend of the times toward war and conquest. In print and in correspondence he protested the brutality of man toward man. For, first and foremost, he was a thoughtful, active and responsible citizen. He not only participated in events of his time by keeping in active communication with the centers of current influence but sought, insofar as it lay within his power, to control the forces that shaped the destinies of himself and his contemporaries. He tried to enlighten men's minds by laying before them facts and logical arguments about the dangers they might face.