“He loved his country as no other man has loved her; but no man deserved less at her hands.”
Epitaph of Philip Nolan in "The Man Without a Country" (1863)
“He loved his country and his country loved him. He lived for her honour, and she will cherish his memory.”
The Marquis of Lorne, Viscount Palmerston, K.G. (London: 1892), p. 235
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