Three Lectures

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Excerpt from Three Lectures: Delivered in Chicago, St. Patrick's Day, 1880, By Request of the Irish-American Council of Chicago, in Aid of the Irish Relief FundIt is deeply to be regretted that more of such mate rial, as is herewith presented, has not been preserved in permanent form. The cause is not very difficult to discover: Eloquence is the purest native gem Ireland possesses - it is what Chief Baron Woulfe said public Opinion in Ireland should be, Racy Of the Soil.It loses much by transplanting from 'its native tongue, vet will compare favorably with the best in any language. Its striking peculiarities are that it is Spontaneous and extemporaneous, so that to preserve and transmit the true utterances Of an Irish orator, he must be followed by a faithful short-hand reporter.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.