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Douglas Hyde Quotes
Page 1 of 1Douglas Hyde
January 17, 1860 - July 12, 1949
Nationality: Irish
Category: Politician
Subcategory: Irish Politician
|  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. | | 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. | | Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it. | | 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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