I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it.
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Let no man write my epitaph... When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then shall my character be vindicated, then may my epitaph be written.Robert Emmet
A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives.
Robert Emmet
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.
Robert Emmet
Let no man write my epitaph for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them rest in obscurity and peace Let my memory be left in oblivion, my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justice to my character.
Robert Emmet
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