The Irish standard., 1903-10-17

quired at the coronation. When the
present Hanoverian dynasty was
chosen by act of Parliament popular
consent at the coronation sank to a
mere symbol Ode Moor: Evolution by
AtrophyD.
THE comparative freedom of Ire
land from the Roman yoke brought
about, as Dallenger remarks, peace
full evolution of a high civilization of
individual type. Irish Christianity
early absorbed this individualism,
giving it the high social aims individ-
ualism assumes when free from state
socialism. Work, as Lourie shows
cRise Of UniversitiesD- labor, farm
ing, teaching, and settlement work
was characteristic of western mon
archism as opposed to Roman and
oriental. The Irish cultivated Greek
| and Latin literature when the civilized
world under the influence of ascctic
4 Christianity had ceased so to do, From
| the Irish schools went forth bearers
of learning to England, Scotland,
| France. Germany, and the Scandina-
Wan countries. There was an Irish
settlement ut Bergen, Norway, an al
legged descendant of which is the hero.
inc of Bjornson's In Gods WAYS
Irish influence swept light into the
| dark ages. Where their schools We're
| in Switzerland and elsewhere are now
universities. The degree to which
democratic ideals We're thus sown is
significantly shown in Iceland where
from 795 A. d. an Irish colony with
branches in Greenland and on tho
mainland existed Kcary: Vikings i'm
Western Christcndom0. When Harold
f'alrhhir. CORN the Old, and Eric
stamped oriental autocracy on the
ScandlnaNians freedom loving men
fled TO Iceland. where Il republic grew
up which in 100 \. d. had 1900 ac-
tive citizens. three ourths of whom
had Celtic blood in their veins. nIal!i-
day Sparkling: 'Nolsung SagaO.
"Ille church of Patrick and Colom-
''l. which had fostcred the PRINCIPLES
of the Breton laws and had Christian
lied the north English and the low
Elnd Scotch. was declared hcrctical i'm
England by the council of Whitby i'm
m;4 \. d.. and later by Urban V in a
bull confirmed by his SUCCESSORS. Ur-
ban authorizing the Normans to extir
pate heretical sects, they swept Irish
learning, civilization, and freedom in
to an autocratic anarchy which still
exists. Oppressive statutes, rendered
still more oppressive by judicial inter-
probation, took the place of the Rrchon
law. England would not stand such
statutes a day. Where the Norman
element prevails above the Celt Ro
man law, not common law, obtains.
'Fusfon of Ccltiberian and Celt in the
'Anglo-SaXon' invaders. with the same
element in the invaded. is significantly
evident in the fact that England. as
Henry Morley remarks CEnglish Writ
ers.' vol. ~. contains more Celtic
words than would have been taken in
the course of conflict and which are
not such words as would have been
learned from enemies
'These words denote an Utmost fiber
of Celtic thought. The typical Eng
fish speaking mind displays peculiar
ly philosophic trend. which combines
search for facts with working hypoth-
eses. Faraday &C.. fara1eagh. dudc) !
is most marked example. This mind
is conspiculously absent in the Grad |
grinds who are supposed to be pccu-
liarly .Anglo-SaXOn.'
Judged by their SOciOlogic ideals
their speech. their ideals as to woman.
and their philosophir trend. the Eng
fish speaking nations are not anglo
Saxon in the conventional sense"