a firm and inevitable line, which has been disastrously forgotten in so
many passages of English history:--

"It's fitter being sane than mad."

I have tried also to convey to him, with what success others must judge,
something of the "pride and passion" of Irish nationality. That is, in
truth, the dream that comes through the multitude of business. If you
think that Home Rule is a little thing which must be done in a little
way for little reasons, your feet are set on the path to failure. Home
Rule is one of those fundamental reforms that are not achieved at all
unless they are achieved greatly.

T.M.K.

_December, 1911_.




THE OPEN SECRET OF IRELAND




CHAPTER I

AN EXERCISE IN HUMILITY