The Irish standard., 1908-06-13
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tive soil. the spirit and hope of it
never died. and given q chance in
lands like this you see what the Irish
man can do and has done?"
Cardinal Logue's face. which had
been stern and earnest. now lit up with
a smile. Didn't some one say" he
half whispered, "that the Irish ruled
every country but their own?
There Is much truth in it," he
added. ireland could get along very
we'll without England, but what would
England do without Ireland? It may
be that this is the reason that Eng
land holds SO tightly to Ireland. When
it was necessary to defeat the great
Napoleon England had to find in Well
ington, an Irishman. her leader to VIC
tory. When all other generals had
been tried in vain against the Beers
England called on Lord Roberts. II
there is a strong mans work to do,
send for an Irishman.
Il say all this because while Ameri-
ca has done much for the Irish the
Irish have done much for America.
This is not belittling> the good and
worthy men of other nationalities who
came in the strength of their manhood
to give the work of their hands and
minds to this great country.
Il am SO pleased and so impressed
with its greatness, with its wonders.
that here you see me staying on when
should be home.
But. as I said, am taken to see
all the wonderful and interesting
things. and am keen to go. I am go
ing to give orders that am an old
man now and must be tempted no
more.
my weakness is known. / want to
see everything that is strange and sur
prising in this strange and surprising
country, and If Pm told I'll succumb
to the temptation. MUST go home,
and so 1 have booked passage to sail
June 6.
"No, it is not that need a rest.
have been resting; to be going and
seeking and enjoying is rest for me.
And during my stay / have rested that
way.
Everything about America is
grand; the climate is grand. Yes, it
was misty for few days, but why
should an Irishman mind a little mist
when in some parts of his own coun-
try it rains every day in the year?
Have ! read .peny American writ
ers? Not in America. have been so
busy seeing that haven't had time to
read. 1 have had a chance to glance
at your wonderful and enterprising
papers. In the bewilderment Of seeing
SO much 1 am compelled sometimes to
use the New, York papers as me-
chanical memory. =; Where was I yes
terday?' 1 will say. Then I will look
in the papers and see.
mot only will the papers tell me
what 1 did the day before, everything
that occurred. and, sometimes great
deal more; but they will have a pic
ture of me doing it. Think of having
a picture printed of what was done the
day before, or even the same day, and
that didn't happen at all. Now, that
is a fair sample of your American en-
terprise:.
'"The English and Irish papers have
no pictures Of the things that hap
pened yesterday, while as for the pic
lures of the things that never hap
pened at all-dear, me, don't believe
they will be ever equal to that! A lit
tic solid, a little heavy and somewhat
scant, the European newspapers have
their place and Importance, but the
place is not abreast of thought and
endeavor, and the Importance is not so
newspapers.
II have read Washington Irving and
Fenimore Cooper with great interest,
and of your modern writer's am best
acquainted with Mark Twain. The
modern literature movement in Ire
land. notice, has attracted a great
deal of attention in America. It's tend
ency is not so jovial and light heart
ed as the writings of Ireland's best
minds during the Victorian era
speak Of the beautiful poetry of Moore,
ard the rollicking stories of Lever and
Lover; but the Irish character is a
curious compound of the blithe and
melancholy, and if the Irish writer's
of the past generation gave undue at
tention to the lighter side Of Irish life
the younger Irish writer's Of today are
at least showing keen insight and
high literary appreciation Of the more
serious side of the Celt'
The Cardinals comnnendation of the