Warning: main(/home/booksuls/public_html/library/librarycode/header.txt) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/booksuls/public_html/library/Irish-Ideas/LOST-OPPORTUNITIES-OF-THE-IRISH-GENTRY-29.php on line 8

Warning: main(/home/booksuls/public_html/library/librarycode/header.txt) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/booksuls/public_html/library/Irish-Ideas/LOST-OPPORTUNITIES-OF-THE-IRISH-GENTRY-29.php on line 8

Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/booksuls/public_html/library/librarycode/header.txt' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/booksuls/public_html/library/Irish-Ideas/LOST-OPPORTUNITIES-OF-THE-IRISH-GENTRY-29.php on line 8

IRISH IDEAS

By William O'Brien

Page 29

LOST OPPORTUNITIES OF THE IRISH GENTRY

« previous page | book contents | start of this chapter | next page »

Ireland's greatness, when the land was the people's, and the chiefs were of the people's choice, when the sublime song of the bard, and the prayer of the monk, and the mind of the scholar, were instruments of government more powerful than the tyrant's bayonets have been ever since; and as we push boldly on upon the path of equal rights for all and uncompromising war upon all the monopolies and privileges that still stand in the way of human happiness, the Irish democracy will, please God, never stay their march or abate their claims until the radiance of freedom which once lighted this island enwraps her again, and makes her once more the bright herald of knowledge, truth, and liberty to the world. ...next page »

« previous page | book contents | start of this chapter | next page »



Warning: main(/home/booksuls/public_html/library/librarycode/tocfooter.html) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/booksuls/public_html/library/Irish-Ideas/LOST-OPPORTUNITIES-OF-THE-IRISH-GENTRY-29.php on line 51

Warning: main(/home/booksuls/public_html/library/librarycode/tocfooter.html) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/booksuls/public_html/library/Irish-Ideas/LOST-OPPORTUNITIES-OF-THE-IRISH-GENTRY-29.php on line 51

Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/booksuls/public_html/library/librarycode/tocfooter.html' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/booksuls/public_html/library/Irish-Ideas/LOST-OPPORTUNITIES-OF-THE-IRISH-GENTRY-29.php on line 51

Warning: main(/home/booksuls/public_html/library/librarycode/footer.txt) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/booksuls/public_html/library/Irish-Ideas/LOST-OPPORTUNITIES-OF-THE-IRISH-GENTRY-29.php on line 59

Warning: main(/home/booksuls/public_html/library/librarycode/footer.txt) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/booksuls/public_html/library/Irish-Ideas/LOST-OPPORTUNITIES-OF-THE-IRISH-GENTRY-29.php on line 59

Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/booksuls/public_html/library/librarycode/footer.txt' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/booksuls/public_html/library/Irish-Ideas/LOST-OPPORTUNITIES-OF-THE-IRISH-GENTRY-29.php on line 59