59] _Writers_.--As a general rule, when Irishmen succeed either in
literature, politics, or war, the credit of their performances is
usually debited to the English; when they fail, we hear terrible
clamours of Irish incapacity. Thackeray commences his "_English_
Humourists of the Eighteenth Century" with Swift, and ends them with
Goldsmith! I do not suppose he had any intention of defrauding the
Celtic race; he simply followed the usual course. Irishmen are, perhaps,
themselves most to blame, for much of this is caused by their suicidal
deference to a dominant race.

[560] _Order_.--The Presentation Order was founded by Miss Nano Nagle,
of Cork.

[561] _Leadbeater.--Annals of Ballitore_, vol. i. p. 50, second edition,
1862. I shall refer to this interesting work again.

[562] _Man_.--The exact words are: "If a man were to go by chance at the
same time with Burke, under a shed to shun a shower, he would say: 'This
is an extraordinary man.'"--_Boswell's Johnson_, vol. iv. p. 245.
Foster's version is as above.

[563] _Developed_.--Since this sentence was penned, I find, with great
satisfaction, that a similar view has been taken by a recent writer. See
_Secularia; or, Surveys on the Main Stream of History_, by S. Lucas, p.
250. He opens a chapter on the revolt of the American States thus: "The
relations of Great Britain to its colonies, past and present, are an
important part of the history of the world; and the form which these
relations _may hereafter take, will be no small element in the political
future._ Even our Professors of History ... abstain from noticing their
system of government, or _the predisposing motives to their subsequent
revolt._." The italics are our own. Neglect of the study of Irish
history is, I believe, also, one of the causes why Irish grievances are
not remedied by the English Government. But grievances may get settled
in a way not always satisfactory to the neglecters of them, while they
are waiting their leisure to investigate their cause.

[564] _Writer_.--Morley. _Edmund Burke, an Historical Study:_ Macmillan
and Co., 1867. A masterly work, and one which every statesman, and every
thinker would do well to peruse carefully. He says: "The question to be
asked by every statesman, and by every citizen, with reference to a
measure that is recommended to him as the enforcement of a public right,
is whether the right is one which it is to the public advantage to
enforce."--p. 146.

[565] _Exi