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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER L THE TWO IRISH NATIONS UPPER AND LOWER Nation is a moral essence, not a geographical arrangement, or denomination of the nomenclator." Bloke. In conversing witb an accomplished friend of mine in Ireland, M. de Tocqueville observed to him " All your evils spring from this--you are two nations here." There is deep truth in that remark. Protestant Ireland represents a totally different idea from Catholic Ireland; even to this day, the Anglo-Irish race preserves characteristics distinct from the great mass of the Celtic population. But the Protestants of Ireland also differ essentially from their English brethren in Britain. They form a new kind of Irish people. They are rich in Saxon selfreliance, and they are also endowed with Celtic sensibility and ardour. Their character was formed in the eighteenth century, when Ireland possessed an Aristocracy, partly resident, and a Legislature. Their blood js nearly as hot as that of the Catholics. The Anglo-Irish have imbibed far more of the national character of Ireland, than they have imparted of their hereditary English qualities. For matters purely intellectual they are as Celtic as if they had not a drop of British blood. Exclusive institutions have alone preserved them from being completely merged in the national character of Ireland. Nothing is more amusing than to observe in a Dublin drawing room all the characteristics of the country displayed by those who are ludicrously endeavouring to impart an English style to their manners and mode of looking at life. First the young Tory barrister, abusing the people with genuine Irish fervour--his political vituperation sparkling with gaudy epigrams, and his conversational eloquence ornamented with a profusion of broken metaphors. Then the comical Protestant...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1151304255
- ISBN 13 9781151304254
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages66
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