The Celebrated Speech of Gen. Thomas F. Burke: Delivered May 1, 1867, in the Court-House, Dublin, on Being Asked by Lord Chief-Justice Whiteside Why Sentence of Death Should Not Be Pronounced Against Him (Classic Reprint)
The Celebrated Speech of Gen. Thomas F. Burke: Delivered May 1, 1867, in the Court-House, Dublin, on Being Asked by Lord Chief-Justice Whiteside Why Sentence of Death Should Not Be Pronounced Against Him (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Celebrated Speech of Gen. Thomas F. Burke: Delivered May 1, 1867, in the Court-House, Dublin, on Being Asked by Lord Chief-Justice Whiteside Why Sentence of Death Should Not Be Pronounced Against Him Love of country and patriotic emotions are the native instincts of the Irishman's heart. He draws the inspiration from his mother's breast; he cherishes it in his youth, and practises it in his manhood. It was this feeling of devotion to his native country that stimulated the noble Burke in the cause of ...
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Excerpt from The Celebrated Speech of Gen. Thomas F. Burke: Delivered May 1, 1867, in the Court-House, Dublin, on Being Asked by Lord Chief-Justice Whiteside Why Sentence of Death Should Not Be Pronounced Against Him Love of country and patriotic emotions are the native instincts of the Irishman's heart. He draws the inspiration from his mother's breast; he cherishes it in his youth, and practises it in his manhood. It was this feeling of devotion to his native country that stimulated the noble Burke in the cause of emancipation. For it, he was sentenced to die. This sentence of death was after ward commuted to imprisonment for life. And now, to add fuel to the flames, all the Fenian state prisoners, including Burke, having been released from the most unjust incarceration, are obliged to suffer banishment from the soil of their birth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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