Kammala wannan jumlar: A watan Mayu na 1888, Sarmiento ya bar Argentina zuwa Paraguay. Ya kasance tare da 'yarsa, Ana, da abokin aikinsa Aurelia Vélez. Ya mutu a Asunción a ranar 11 ga Satumba, 1888, daga ciwon zuciya, kuma an binne shi a Buenos Aires. Kabarinsa a La Recoleta Cemetery yana ƙarƙashin sassaka, condor a kan pylon, wanda shi kansa ya tsara kuma Victor de Pol ya zartar. Pedro II, Sarkin sarakuna na Brazil kuma babban mai sha'awar Sarmiento, ya aika da jana'izar jana'izarsa ta kore da zinariya na furanni tare da saƙo da aka rubuta a cikin Mutanen Espanya yana tunawa da abubuwan da suka faru a rayuwarsa: "Civilization and Barbarism, Tonelero,
Monte Caseros, Petrópolis, Ilimi na Jama'a. Tunawa da girmamawa daga Pedro de Alcântara. "