Excerpt from Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, Eleventh of November, Memorial Meeting: Souvenir Edition of the Famous Speeches of Our Martyrs, Delivered in Court When Asked if They Had Anything to Say Why Sentence of Death Should Not Be Passed on Them, October 7, 8, and 9, 1886; November 11, 1887-1912 Within the pages of this book, in other and appropriate places, will be found the words that tell the life stories of these men. These are but the forewords of introduction to the stories of these men, and else where within the pages oi this volume will be found, from many who esteemed them aright, words of deep and loyal appreciation, and words of the victims themselves that will, with the cooling of the years and the abatement of the feelings of fear and resentment of those old passions of a quarter of a century ago, help to a gentler and more considerate judgment than was, seemingly, possible in the blind riot of the passions of the hour. That something having at least the semblance of justice may now be done to these men, who with high and undaunted courage mounted the steps of the scaffold with words of high and beautiful submission to the judgment to which they bowed, I have written these words. 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.