Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-17
The Spirit of St. Patrick, Like The Irish
Race, Has Spread All Over The Earth
St Patrick Represents Both Kinds Of lnsh Fighting
Spiritual and Physical His Birthday
Deserves Honor
To-day is st. Patrick S Day.
Congratulations to all that

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have Irish blood in their veins.
Some say that Patrick Ireland That prob
ably true But he CELT and his blood Irish as his
ideas and his fighting character were Irish
As the blood has been spilled all over the world in
fights of all kinds spirit of St Patrick has been spread
all over the world and many good battle it has fought
St Patrick typical rhman and whether he was born
on the Green the shore of Normandy the
channel makes difference.
He did not fear the Pagan Irish Kings the Witches or
any danger.
He travelled far; his teachings travelled farther.
He drove of Ireland the old legend says
He drove the snakes of suspicion and black terror out OF IRISH
Kings and their subjects, and that important
writings and teachings and his words spread knowl
edge and better idea all over Europe.
The Irish may well be proud of ST Patrick celebrate his
birthday name their churches in his honor
quality that of the pioneer the quality that has built
up this country and every other country.
pioneer in ideas taking the truth throughout the
lands and pioneer travels going straight preaching
condemnng and regulating until the wide stopped him.
And he any that there anything the other
that wide he might have tried ahead of Columbus
and got here first
This newspaper congratuates the United States upon the
fact that many with St Parc Celtic blood in their veins
this country bringing his and honor with him.
1t great blood that blood of the Irish 1t working
wonders long any Irish Kings any Irish
cities.
We look upon Ireland home of the Irish Ce but
matter TACT Wh0ie Europe Wherever Jnere was
ing, and the whole of the North has been their home
Their blood has been kept pure that little Irish Island
To the English Channel to England and then to cross
again than the ordinary advntuer cared
for And of the Ce wandering everywhere crossing
and every those that settled in Ireland retained
the purity their blood their strength their moral and physical
fighting character, they did not do elsewhere.
those Cets of Ireland the the Cets that
Balkan the Ces that gave the blue eyes
to Greeks Cets that declined pay compliment to
Alexander the Great the Ces that afraid of nothing
cept that the sky would fall on them.
Some American citizens a of St Patrick
and meaning of his birthday This day merely
gous day clarifying of the greatest figures the oldest
and greatest church in the world.
The day of ST. Patrick to the Irishman much,
gardess of religious faith
St Patrick stands for courage for thought for energy
earlessness in the face of oppression and danger
the spirit Patrick has animated guided and upheld
thousands of religious teachers missionaries self sacrificing
and that spirit has also upheld and made he
thousands of fighting from Scotland to the Argen
tine and from Conannop Europe and the At
lantc and across continent to San Francisco
Whoever honor ST. Patrick honors a noble courageous
fighting man in the best of the word
And he DESERVES honor