. Lectures and sermons . and guid-ing the destinies of this country, and all bearing the distinctivemarks of Irish character, an ornament and a pride to the landthat adopted them, by their Catholic temperance and purity. A power in this land will they be assuredly, to guide and in-fluence her actions, to draw the sword in the moment of dan-ger, and to strike such blows in the cause of God and truth ashave never yet rung on the shield of injustice. A power in Ire-land before which the generous heart of America will be sure tobow in homage; a power that will not prevent you from beingthe best Am
. Lectures and sermons . and guid-ing the destinies of this country, and all bearing the distinctivemarks of Irish character, an ornament and a pride to the landthat adopted them, by their Catholic temperance and purity. A power in this land will they be assuredly, to guide and in-fluence her actions, to draw the sword in the moment of dan-ger, and to strike such blows in the cause of God and truth ashave never yet rung on the shield of injustice. A power in Ire-land before which the generous heart of America will be sure tobow in homage; a power that will not prevent you from beingthe best American citizens, while you will not lose the vision ofIreland and of the debt you owe her. Then, and not till then, 320 The Future of the Irish Race at Home and Abroad. every enemy of Ireland will stand paralyzed to injure her, andunable to touch her with hostile hand or finger, because thegreat phantom of Ireland in America will cause them to recoil,and force them to respect the dear, old, venerated, and WHAT THE POPES DID FOR ROME.
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