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... political nostrum . My justification for publishing my thoughts on Home Rule is that the movement in favour of the Parlia- mentary independence of Ireland constitutes , whether its advocates recognise the fact or not , a demand for ...
... political nostrum . My justification for publishing my thoughts on Home Rule is that the movement in favour of the Parlia- mentary independence of Ireland constitutes , whether its advocates recognise the fact or not , a demand for ...
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... political connection . between England and Ireland . A Nationalist may say with justice that he is no more bound to consider whether England will or will not be damaged by Ireland's becoming a nation , than an Italian patriot was bound ...
... political connection . between England and Ireland . A Nationalist may say with justice that he is no more bound to consider whether England will or will not be damaged by Ireland's becoming a nation , than an Italian patriot was bound ...
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... political discussion or dispute , it possesses its own counterbalancing merits , and the mode of treating Home Rule purposely adopted in these pages has , it is conceived , two not inconsiderable advantages . The first of these ...
... political discussion or dispute , it possesses its own counterbalancing merits , and the mode of treating Home Rule purposely adopted in these pages has , it is conceived , two not inconsiderable advantages . The first of these ...
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... political In any case they are irrelevant to the matter in hand . An unwise measure will not become a beneficial law because its author is a saint or a patriot ; a states- manlike law will not turn out a curse to the country because its ...
... political In any case they are irrelevant to the matter in hand . An unwise measure will not become a beneficial law because its author is a saint or a patriot ; a states- manlike law will not turn out a curse to the country because its ...
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... political union into a source of fresh sectarian discord ; the calamities , the mistakes and the crimes which mark each scene in the tragedy of Irish history , afford to Protestants and to Catholics alike an exhaustless supply of ...
... political union into a source of fresh sectarian discord ; the calamities , the mistakes and the crimes which mark each scene in the tragedy of Irish history , afford to Protestants and to Catholics alike an exhaustless supply of ...
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