Quote #44806
Write me as one that loves his fellow men.
Leigh Hunt
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Interpretation
The line asks to be remembered—or represented in writing—as someone defined by humane feeling rather than by faction, achievement, or notoriety. “Write me” implies posterity, biography, or epitaph: the speaker’s preferred legacy is simple moral character, grounded in affection for “his fellow men.” In Hunt’s case (as a writer often embroiled in literary and political quarrels), the sentiment reads as a corrective to partisan or scandal-driven portraits: whatever his errors, let the record emphasize sympathy, sociability, and a broadly philanthropic temperament. The brevity gives it the force of a last request: love of humanity is presented as the most durable credential.




