Quote#Death
The fortune of war has thrown me into the hands of Government, and I…
Quote byWolfe Tone · 1763–1798
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Thomas Addis Emmet, William James MacNaven, Arthur O'Connor and John Sweetman (10 November 1798), quoted in T. W. Moody, R. B. McDowell and C. J. Woods (eds.), The Writings of Theobald Wolfe Tone, 1763–98, Volume III: France, the Rhine, Lough Swilly and Death of Tone, January 1797 to Novem.
English (original)
The fortune of war has thrown me into the hands of Government, and I am utterly ignorant of what fate may attend me, but in the worst event I hope I shall bear it like a man, and that my death will not disgrace my life.
— Wolfe Tone
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