 | 1872 - 556 pages
...me, and I sink into its bosom ! I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world ; it is the charity of its silence ! 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 and me repose in obscurity... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 382 pages
...and I sink into its bosom. 12. I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world — it is the charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph ; for, as no one who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let... | |
 | William John Fitz-Patrick - 1872 - 412 pages
...death should not be pronounced upon him, delivered an eloquent oration, which thus concluded : — " 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... | |
 | Patrick O'Shea - 1873 - 524 pages
...receive me, and I sink into its bosom. I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world : it is the charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives, dare now vindicate them, let no prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 pages
...me, and I sink into its bosom ! I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world ; it is the charity of its silence ! 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 and me repose in obscurity... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1875 - 380 pages
...receive me and I sink into its bosom ! I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world ; it is the charity of its silence ! 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 and me repose in obscurity... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pages
...receive me; and I sink into its bosom! I have but one request to ask, at my departure from this world: it is the charity of its silence. 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 and me repose in obscurity... | |
 | Weldon Thornton - 1968 - 568 pages
...though the "unforgettable last paragraph" is agreed upon. She gives the close of the speech as follows: "Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives now dares vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them rest in obscurity and... | |
 | 1928 - 898 pages
...me, and I sink into its bosom. I have but one request to ask on my departure from this world — it is the charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph: for, as no man who knows my motives dares now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity... | |
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I have but one request to ask, at my departure from this world; it is the charity of its silence. 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. 
