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In Favor of the Repeal of the Union by Daniel O'Connell. Ireland (1775-1902). Vol. VI. Bryan, William Jennings, ed. ... |
 | | Yes, among the nations of the earth, Ireland stands number one in the physical strength of her sons and in the beauty and purity of her daughters. |
 | | Ireland, land of my forefathers, how my mind expands, and my spirit walks abroad in something of majesty, when I contemplate the high qualities, inestimable virtues, and true purity and piety and religious fidelity of the inhabitants of your green fields and productive mountains. |
 | | The richest harvests that any land can produce are those reaped in Ireland; and then here are the sweetest meadows, the greenest fields, the loftiest mountains, the purest streams, the noblest rivers, the most capacious harborsand her water power is equal to turn the machinery of the whole world. |
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