Ireland's crown of thorns and roses; or, The best of her history by the best of her writers, a series of historical narratives that read as entertainingly as a novel .. . an either a re-plungeinto the slough of despond, such as she had been immersed infrom 1845 to 1865, or the start of a new era of hope, effort,and prosperity. If Butt had survived, and had retained theleadership, there is little doubt that he would have been in-capable of rising to the height of the argument, and wouldhave counselled shilly-shallying where it meant death, andmoderation where extreme courses were required to av
Ireland's crown of thorns and roses; or, The best of her history by the best of her writers, a series of historical narratives that read as entertainingly as a novel .. . an either a re-plungeinto the slough of despond, such as she had been immersed infrom 1845 to 1865, or the start of a new era of hope, effort,and prosperity. If Butt had survived, and had retained theleadership, there is little doubt that he would have been in-capable of rising to the height of the argument, and wouldhave counselled shilly-shallying where it meant death, andmoderation where extreme courses were required to avert anational disaster, wholesale, violent, and perhaps fatal; or,if he had not retained the full leadership by the destructionof the rising efforts of Mr. Parnell and Mr. Biggar, and if heand they still remained in political existence, and to someextent in political alliance, then there would have been dividedcounsels; and the time was one for unity. All the meannessand servility and half-heartedness of the country would havefound in Mr. Butt a rallying point, and the crisis was one thatdemanded all the energy and courage and concentrated pur-pose of the
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