Every Craggy And Gnarled Tree

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.

I Do Not Share The Wish To See My Language Dead And Decently Buried

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.

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.

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.