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Best general references: McCarthy's Ireland's Cause in England's Parliament; Bryce's How We Became Home Rulers (in Handbook of Home Rule); Public Opinion Oct. 17 and 24, 1891; McCarthy in Contemporary Review, Nov., 1891; Nation, vol. 41, p. 254, and vol. 53, pp. 289 and 330; Sat. Review, vol. 70, p. 365; North American Review...
...contributed valuable criticisms and suggestions to all of Parliament's Irish legislation: Nation, Oct. 15, '91. - (f) He successfully opposed coercion: Bryce in Handbook of Home Rule, pp. 48 and 53. - (g) His obstructive policy compelled Parliament and the English people to pay attention to Ireland's interests: Handbook of Home Rule...
...Parnell's policy of obstruction alone entitles him to Ireland's gratitude: by it. - (a) He played off the two English parties against each other to Ireland's advantage; N. A. Review, vol. 144, p. 609; Public Opinion, Oct. 24, '91. - (b) He wrung favorable legislation from an unwilling Parliament and a people; Nation, vol. 51, p. 497. - (c) He made the Irish question the chief question in English politics; Nation, Oct. 15, '91. - (d) He converted the Liberal party to the Irish cause; Handbook of Home Rule, p. 52; McCarthy's Ireland's Cause...
...Nothing in Parnell's career can neutralize the good accomplished for Ireland by him. - (a) He opposed armed insurrections; McCarthy in Contemporary Review, Nov. '91. - (b) He was careful of the means used in attaining his ends: Lang's Life of Northcote, vol. II, p. 194; Reid's Life of Forster, vol. II, p. 434, et seg. - (c) His death will reunite the Irish factions; Nation, Oct. 15, '91; Public Opinion, Oct. 17, '91. - (d) The Irish party then, together with the English Liberal party, will continue the fight for Home Rule to its successful close...
...Ingolf, who carried with him the pillars of his sect and threw them into the water, declaring that there he should settle his colony. For the next sixty years many colonies were sent out. Certain numbers of the colonists came from Norway, but a good part were from Ireland and Scotland. The first settlers had no boundaries to their lands, but later a man could have as much land as he could carry a fire about in a day, and a woman as much as she could lead a calf about. With a stronger tide of settlement came stronger lights...