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"Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph."

Robert Emmet, Irish Activist

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"Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph."

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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."

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