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There stood the modern Hercules, self-vindicated as a Hercules, before all eyes that looked at him.

From Man and Wife by Collins, Wilkie

Mr. Green stood self-vindicated by his very position—while the labour of Sisiphus devolved on Mr. Freeman.

From Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. by Green, Jonathan Harrington

Browning's passion is of utter self-sacrifice, self-annihilation, self-vindicated by its irresistible intensity.

From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Corson, Hiram