“My lords, you are impatient for the sacrifice—the blood which you seek is not congealed by the artificial terrors which surround your victim; it circulates warmly and unruffled, through the channels which God created for noble purposes.”

About Robert Emmet

Revolutionary • Irish

Robert Emmet was an Irish nationalist, republican, and orator who became a revered hero of Irish nationalism. Born in Dublin, he was deeply influenced by the ideals of the French and American revolutions. In 1803, he...