Excerpt from The Life of Wolfe Tone: Written by Himself and Completed by His Son The fragments of autobiography condensed in this book deal largely with his work for the creation of a union among Irishmen, the foundation upon which he hoped to build the free Ireland of his dreams. To this task he brought talents of a high order. He was shrewd, capable, and far-seeing. He was no visionary', but a man who dealt with realities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.