The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-27
HEAR DIR. HYDE.

On Thursday evening next the peO-
pie Of Minneapolis and the surround
ing country will have an opportunity
Of hearing and seeing the man OF
whom so much has recently been said
There is perhaps no man now living
the influence of whose work will be
greater and more far-reaching than
that of DR.. Hyde. He is Nationalist
in the fullest sense Of the term; in pol
itics, in literature and in thought. We
doubt not that after seeing the man
personally one will be able to under
stand the elements in his character
which give him such an influence over
his fellow men. The kindness of his
nature, the zeal and enthusiasm for
the work in which he is engaged as
well as his thorough understanding of
the needs of the people for whom he
Pleads make him easily the leader in
the movement which is making over a
people and q country.
There is no partlsanship in DR..
Hyde. He represents no party and no
religion. He pleads for Ireland and
all its people whether they live in
Ulster or in Munster. He, Profess
tant, has never had occasion to COM
plain of the Intolerance" so-called. of
the people amongst whom his life has
been spent. From his earliest years
he has visited the homes of the peas
antry for the purpose of conversing
with them In their own language and
to gather from their own lips their
traditions, folk-stories and songs that
were handed down from generation to
generation by the Irish in the West of
Ireland. When he was a student at
Trinity College he made good use of
his early knowledge of his country's
language for he then published under
the now world famous signature IAN
Craoibhin Aoibhinn" many original
poems in Irish and English which
were printed in the press of the day.
Those who are inclined to doubt the
value and richness of the Irish Ian
guage and literature should UNDER
stand that Douglas Hyde is one of the
most accomplished students of Ian
guage of the present day.
While divinity student at Trinity
College. preparing himself for the
ministry of the Episcopal Church, he
gained for himself wide reputation
as a student of language. He not
only mastered the classical languages
but also the English, German, Hebrew
and French. To his fellow student,
Mr.. Cook who afterwards became a
famous journalist, Douglas Hyde at
that time said that of all the Ian
guages he studied he knew and loved
the Irish language the best. That a
man of his knowledge and standing
should decide to spend his life work
in the study and promotion of this
supposedly dead language speaks VOL
umes for its Importance.
He is an original man and represents
a movement that is new. That there
is vigor and life in the movement is
proved by the extraordinary progress
that has been made within a few
years. He represents new Ireland bet
ter than any other man alive. He
knows more about the people Of West
ern Ireland, their thoughts and ambi-
lions. than all the public men who rep
resent that country in Parliament
These were the people who were his
teachers in his boy-hood days. He
is now engaged in pleading their cause
before their blood relations through.
out the world. His eyes are on ths
future and it seems that that future