Excerpt from The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. 18 Even Doctor John Patten Emmet and Mary Tucker, the parents of the late Thomas Addis Emmet, must be passed over with a mere salute; for them, too, the subject of these pages has pictured in words of such filial eloquence as the world will long delight to read. Their influence was naturally the strongest of all in his early days. From them he inherited directly the aristocratic complexion of his mind, his love of ideals, and the power to keep his face always uplifted to the stars while main taining his hold on the solidities and the prosaic duties of life. Alluring as this subject is it has no particular place in this story. 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.