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Excerpt from Michael Davitt, Revolutionary, Agitator and Labour Leader Who gave green Erin heart and brain and hand, The captains and the soldiers at their posts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV DAVITT AS PROPHET OF THE FUTURE IRELAND "Make no mistake about it, my Lord Bishop of Limerick, Democracy is going to rule in these countries " (Letter to Freeman's Journal, 22nd January 1906). To those contemporaries of Michael Davitt who lived with him through the stormy times sketched in the foregoing chapters this book must needs seem imperfect and inadequate; but for such as these it is not primarily written. It is meant above all for the young--for the youth of Great Britain and other countries, that they may learn something of the greatest Irishman of the nineteenth century, and may be led to an appreciation of his ideals; for the youth in Ireland, that they may understand how the difficulties which lie in the path of the reformer were confronted by Davitt, and how fearlessly he faced the bugbears which now seem to have power to cow the boldest. It is meant, too, to stimulate them to a closer study of the man and his work. The future is shapen of the dreams of idealists. The future Ireland cannot fail to be largely woven out of the dreams of Michael Davitt. Already giant strides have been taken, Davitt, as practical idealist, himself leading as well as pointing out the way towards the realisation of his hopes. In proportion as the remainder are similarly crystallised into realities will the Ireland of the future be a land wherein it is good to be alive. In proportion as his spirit guides and directs the generation which is now learning the rudiments of political and social action will Ireland progress away from the backward position in which she now stands. The first essential characteristic of Michael Davitt's outlook upon the world was that it. was free from the spirit of hate. Wrong, injustice, tyranny--these things...

This short biography outlines the scope of Davitt's great interests and achievements