The Irish contribution to America's independence

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AvlOSANGELA- - *O egT O=gE= .<*sVERS//,*OS.THE IRISH TOCONTRIBUTIONAMERICA'S INDEPENDENCEThe Irish Contribution toAmerica's IndependenceByTHOMAS HOBBS JR.MAGINNISS,THE DOIRE PUBLISHING Co., Philadelphia1913, byCopyright,OF WM. F. FELL CO.PRESSPHILADELPHIAPREFACE"It becomes nations as well as individuals not to think them-ofselves more than but to think soberly. Self-highly they ought,detracts their character without toexaggeration from addingtheir but a and more is anpower; faultgreater dangeroushabitual their real resources and adepreciation of consequentwant GODKIN.of self-reliance."of the Irishthe faults chargeable againstand Americans of Irish de-people, particularlyONE is that are of the achieve-scent, they ignorantments of their race inthe This is dueto thepast. probably|beenfact that the of Ireland have forpeople generationsto believe that has cometaught everything respectablerace.from and that the are aEngland superiorEnglishsamean has been made to theIndeed, impressattemptthe moston the minds of andtheory Americans, perhapsfalsehoodpernicious promulgated by pro-English writers,who exert subtle influence in the ofa spreading gospelis that America owes her"Anglo-Saxon superiority,"her benevolent and even herliberty, government, pros-to her forefathers" andperity "English "Anglo-Saxonblood." The truth is that the of Irelandimpartial historyis the of whilethe ofAmer-story England's shame,ica offers abundant ...

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• Publié par: thaud
• Nombre de lectures: 63
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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