"But whether on the scaffold high Or in the battle's van, The fittest place where man can die Is where he dies for man!"
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The Dublin Nation, Sept. 28, 1844, Vol. ii. p. 809, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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Michael Joseph Barry
Michael Joseph Barry (1817 – 23 January 1889) was an Irish poet, author, and political figure.
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