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  • I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it.

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    Character   Helping   Celtic  

  • It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.

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    Way   Language   Shame  

  • Every craggy and gnarled tree has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.

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    Tree   Legends   Strange  

  • As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power.

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    Educational   Passing Away   Culture  
    Douglas Hyde (1986). “Language, lore, and lyrics: essays and lectures”, Irish Academic Pr

  • The Gaelic League is founded not upon hatred of England, but upon love of Ireland. Hatred is a negative passion; it is powerful - a very powerful destroyer; but it is useless for building up. Love, on the other hand, is like faith; it can move mountains, and faith, we have mountains to move.

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    Powerful   Moving   Passion  
    Douglas Hyde (1986). “Language, lore, and lyrics: essays and lectures”, Irish Academic Pr

  • Youth is a period of idealism. The Communists attract young people by appealing directly to that idealism. Too often, others have failed either to appeal to it or to use it and they are the losers as a consequence. We have no cause to complain if, having neglected the idealism of youth, we see others come along, take it, and harness it to their cause - and against our own.

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    People   Complaining   Use  
    Douglas Hyde (1994). “Dedication and Leadership”, p.14, University of Notre Dame Pess

  • I do not share the wish to see my language dead and decently buried

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    Wish   Language   Share  
    Douglas Hyde (1986). “Language, lore, and lyrics: essays and lectures”, Irish Academic Pr

  • By Anglicising ourselves we have thrown away with a light heart the best claim we have upon the world's recognition of us as a seperate nationality...the notes of nationality, our language and customs.

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    Heart   Light   World  
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Douglas Hyde

  • Born: January 17, 1860
  • Died: July 12, 1949
  • Occupation: Former President of Ireland
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