Your guess: "angels" or "ages?"

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This may have been answered before, but when did the Stanton quote in full (using either "ages" or "angels") first appear in print?

I tend to lean more towards the word originally being "angels." It just seems to be a more instinctive reference made on the spur of the moment at the time of death. For some reason, "ages" seems more thought-out and oratorical to me.