" 'Tis a turrible fight," said the Irishman sadly as he rushed into battle, "but 'tis better than no fight at all."
Last week in a St. Patrick's Day radio speech to the U.S., Irishman Eamon de Valera explained why he had preferred no fight at all. "There were those," he said, "who . . . would have us believe that by our neutrality, we had lost American good will. . ." Eire's Prime Minister never believed it.
"If a small state is on the losing side," said the spiritual descendant of the great warriors Cuchulainn and Brian Boru, "it...
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